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Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कुधान्यक्षुद्रधान्यतृणधान्य
- Hindi
- कुधान्यमोटे अनाजबाजराज्वार
- English
- Millets and coarse grainsmilletscoarse grainskudhanya
- Romanized
- kudhanyamillets
Ayurvedic properties
Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.
- Taste (rasa)
- Astringent (kashaya)Sweet (madhura)
- Qualities (guna)
- UshnaRukshaLaghu
- Effect on the doshas
- Kapha: pacifiesVata: aggravatesPitta: aggravates
- Actions
- Vishtambhi
What the text says
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Properties1
Śyāmāka and the many other coarse grains (kudhānya) are described as hot, very dry, astringent and sweet, light to digest, removing kapha, producing vata and pitta, and always obstructing stool and urine.
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1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 4 times on 4 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 52Chapter 4… सम्यग्वैदलशाकसद्धवगणोष्वत्यादरादुच्यते॥ 21॥ भावार्थ : साँमा आदि अनेक कुधान्य उष्ण होते हैं, अतिरूक्ष होते हैं। कषाय और मधुर होते हैं। पचने में हलक …
- Book page 112Chapter 8… धानमक मिला हुआ, सुखोष्ण तैल से मालिश करा कर(इस विधि से स्नेहन1 कराकर) कुधान्य,वालु आदि से व उष्ण(कम्बल आदि) शयन में सुलाकर स्वेदन करें। तत्पश्चात् …
- Book page 500Chapter 22… ग को) सेकने को या अंगार से सेंकने को “तापस्वेद” कहते हैं। इँट, पत्थर, कुधान्य इत्यादि को गरम करके उस पर कांजी आदि द्रव छिडककर, गीले कपडे से ढके हुए …
- Book page 660Plant glossary… फल (न) जायफल जायफळ. hÝi [कन्नड़] 7. जीर (पु) जीरा पीतवर्ण, जिरें, क्षुद्रधान्य. [कन्नड़] 8. जीरक (पु) जीरा पीतवर्णजिरें, शाहजिरें, [कन्नड़] …
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Food
- Categories
- MilletGrain
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 4
- Chapters
- Chapter 4
- Extraction tasks
- T03
- Record id
- ingredient_kudhanya