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Butter (navanita)

मक्खन (नवनीत) · नवनीत

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
नवनीतहैयङ्गवीननवोद्धृत
Hindi
मक्खननवनीतनैनूलोनीलोणी
English
Butterbutterfresh butternavanita
Romanized
navanitamakkhan
Marathi
लोणी

Ayurvedic properties

Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.

Taste (rasa)
Sour (amla)Sweet (madhura)
Qualities (guna)
Shita
Effect on the doshas
Kapha: aggravatesPitta: pacifiesVata: pacifies
Actions
Vrishya

What the text says

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Properties1

  • Fresh butter (navanīta, loṇī) is described as cold, sour and also sweet, very aphrodisiac, kapha-producing, and removing pitta and vata disorders.

    Chapter 5 · p. 69 · v. 31Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Indications1

  • Butter is said to be wholesome for those wasted by consumption or chest injury (uraḥkṣata), the very emaciated, children and the old.

    Chapter 5 · p. 69 · v. 31Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Given as vehicle or after-drink

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Taken with or after these preparations.

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 10 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
DairyOils and fats
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
5
Chapters
Chapter 5
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_navanita