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Paishti, ʲṣṭī: 5 definitions

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Paishti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit term ʲṣṭī can be transliterated into English as Paisti or Paishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

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

ʲṣṭī (पैष्टी) refers to “grain fermented beverages� and represents a type of liquor (madya) mentioned in the Bhojanakutūhala (ⲹṇāgṇa-첹ٳ󲹲Բ), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as 첹śٰ or 첹첹.—In the ḍi type of liquor, jaggery forms the main component, the term ī is used for sweet beverages and 貹ṣṭī for grain fermented beverages.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

貹ṣṭī (पैष्टी).—f S Spirituous liquor distilled from meal.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ʲṣṭī (पैष्टी).—A spirituous liquor distilled from meal; cf. गौडी (ḍ�); गौडी पैष्टी � माध्वी � विज्ञेया त्रिविधा सुरा (ḍ� 貹ṣṭī ca ī ca vijñeyā trividhā surā) Manusmṛti 11.94.

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

ʲṣṭī (पैष्टी):—[from 貹ṣṭ] f. spirituous liquor distilled from rice or other grain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 193]).

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ʲṣṭī (पैष्टी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ʾṭṭī.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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