Dravadravya, Drava-dravya: 4 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Dravadravya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

1) Dravadravya (啶︵啶班さ啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く) or Dravadravyavidhi refers to one of the chapters of the 厂奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补 of the 厂耻艣谤耻迟补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻, an important Ayurvedic treatise. The discourses of the teacher Divodasa are believed to be summarised by his disciple Su艣ruta, who wrote the work 厂耻艣谤耻迟补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 in 4th century CE. 厂耻艣谤耻迟补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 contains six sections [viz., 蝉奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补]. 厂奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补 contains 46 chapters. Here the food and drinks are described on the basis of liquid and solid items. The chapters namely Dravadravya-vidhi and Annap膩na-vidhi explain food and drinks. Dravadravya-vidhi describes the properties of different types of liquids like water, milk, butter, butter milk, ghee, oils, sugarcane and beverages.

2) Dravadravya (啶︵啶班さ啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く) or Dravadravyavij帽膩n墨ya refers to 鈥渓iquid and solid food items鈥� and represents a chapter of the 厂奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补 of the 5th century 础峁ａ弓腻峁単补丑峁沝补测补 by V膩gbha峁璦. The chapter 诲谤补惫补诲谤补惫测补惫颈箩帽腻苍墨测补 contains subsections on water (jala), milk (办峁Ｄ玶补), sugarcane (颈办峁), oil (taila) and liquor (madya) describes their varieties and properties in a detailed manner.

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膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dravadravya (啶︵啶班さ啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く).鈥攁 fluid substance.

Derivable forms: dravadravyam (啶︵啶班さ啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶).

Dravadravya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms drava and dravya (啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dravadravya (啶︵啶班さ啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く):鈥擺=drava-dravya] [from drava] n. a fluid substance, [Su艣ruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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