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Ayurkoshaआयुर्वेद ज्ञानकोश

Foodआहार द्रव्य

Manakanda

मानकंद · माणकी

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
माणकी
Hindi
मानकंद
English
Manakanda

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  • Māṇakī, glossed as mānakanda, is listed among tubers said to be tasty, nourishing, poison-countering and wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 55 · v. 29Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Poisoning (visha)Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Properties of wild potato and other tubers

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Grains and other foods, their merits and faults

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Named 4 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Content type
Food
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
2
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_manakanda