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Foodआहार द्रव्य

Buttermilk (takra)

छाछ (तक्र) · तक्र

Extracted from the text5 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
तक्रउदश्वित्मथितघोल
Hindi
छाछतक्रमट्ठामठालस्सीउदश्वित्
English
ButtermilkbuttermilktakrachaasUdashvit (curd churned with water)
Romanized
takrachhachhchaasmattha
Marathi
ताक

Ayurvedic properties

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

Taste (rasa)
Sour (amla)Astringent (kashaya)
Qualities (guna)
LaghuUshnaRuksha
Effect on the doshas
Kapha: pacifiesPitta: aggravatesVata: aggravates
Actions
DeepanaMala mutra shodhanaVrishya

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Definition1

  • Curd churned with an equal part of water is called udaśvit.

    Chapter 5 · p. 68 · v. 29Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Properties2

  • Buttermilk is described as light (quick to digest) and hot, sour and astringent, dry, increasing the digestive fire and removing kapha, provoking pitta and vata disorders (after the word शुक्ल), and cleansing stool and urine.

    Chapter 5 · p. 68 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Well-made udaśvit, scented, cooled, strained through fine cloth and clear as water, is said to remove all diseases and burning heat and to be nourishing; the verse calls it vṛṣya.

    Chapter 5 · p. 68 · v. 29Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Diet2

  • Buttermilk is named as the suitable after-drink when eating boiled rice and the like.

    Chapter 4 · p. 51 · v. 18Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The verse names sour buttermilk as the wholesome after-drink for salty foods.

    Chapter 5 · p. 70 · v. 39Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Other1

  • Buttermilk (takra) is named with milk, ghee and curd among the products of mobile beings that, the translation says, are taken for use in medicines because they arise from causes of comfort such as the nourishment of those animals, touch and the suckling of calves.

    Appendix: Hitahita · p. 637Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Where else is this mentioned?

Named 38 times on 29 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What after-drink does the text give for every kind of food in general?

Warm water, drunk after the meal.

Detailed answer and sources
What signs show that wine, curd, milk or buttermilk has been poisoned?

Wine and water show black streaks, curd turns white with a slight yellow tinge, and milk and buttermilk show red streaks.

Detailed answer and sources
Which eight kinds of milk does the translation say are effective in medicine?

The milk of the goat, sheep, cow, buffalo, mare, she-elephant, she-donkey and she-camel.

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All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Extraction notes

  • The verse's शुक्लं (white) is kept by the commentary as 'शुक्ल'; it is unclear whether it marks the white kind of buttermilk or something it provokes.
  • The lexicon lists उदश्वित् as an alias of ingredient_takra, but this text describes it separately from buttermilk, with different properties.
  • Merged from ingredient_udashvit.

Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
DairyFermentedBeverage
Source pages with records
4
Pages naming it
29
Extraction tasks
T03, T30
Record id
ingredient_takra