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Pulses in general (vaidala)

दालें (वैदल) · वैदल

Extracted from the text3 references

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

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
वैदलशिमिधान्यशमीधान्यद्विदल
Hindi
दालेंवैदलदालदलहनद्विदल धान्य
English
Pulses in generalpulseslegumeslentilsvaidala
Romanized
vaidaladal

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)
RukshaShita
Effect on the doshas
Vata: aggravates
Actions
Grahi

What the text says

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Properties1

  • Almost all pulses (arhar, chickpea, lentil and others) are described as dry, cooling, astringent and sweet, causing retention of stool and increasing vata; being astringent, they are said to be wholesome in raktapitta.

    Chapter 4 · p. 52 · v. 22Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Diet1

  • Sour gruel (kāñjī) is named as the after-drink when eating dishes made from pulses.

    Chapter 4 · p. 51 · v. 18Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Other1

  • Pulses (vaidala) are named with grains, roots, fruits, flowers and leaves among the immobile substances described as fit for the worship of the gods and the use of distinguished people, free of the bodily impurities born of menstrual blood and semen, pure, sinless, faultless, fragrant and beautiful; the translation says a physician devoted to true dharma cannot call such substances meat.

    Appendix: Hitahita · p. 635Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 29 times on 20 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How does the translation answer the doubt that plant medicines are also meat because they are bodies of living beings?

Meat is the body of a living being, but a living body need not be meat, just as a neem is a tree but not every tree is a neem.

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Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
Pulse
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
20
Extraction tasks
T03, T30
Record id
ingredient_vaidala