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Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

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

Jharjharika (झर्झरिक) refers to a type of Roṭikā wheat dish, as described in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Roṭikas can also be prepared by substituting barley flour, black gram flour, split black gram flour and bengal gram flour at the place of wheat flour. These are called [viz., jharjharika, ...]. Roṭikās are generally called by the name chappathi (chapati). These are used as a common food in North India.

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jharjharīka (झर्झरीक).—

1) The body.

2) A region, country.

3) A picture.

Derivable forms: jharjharīkaḥ (झर्झरीकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jharjharīka (झर्झरीक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. The body. 2. A country. 3. A picture. E. jharjha to injure or destroy, īkan affix, and ra inserted.

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

1) Jharjharikā (झर्झरिका):—[from jharjharaka > jharjhara] f. bean-cake, [Bhāvaprakāśa v, 11, 36.]

2) Jharjharīka (झर्झरीक):—mn. the body, [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 20 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) m. a region, [Uṇādi-vṛtti]

4) a picture, [ib.]

5) Jhārjharika (झार्झरिक):—m. ([from] jharjhara) a drummer, tabor-player, [Pāṇini 4-4, 56.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jharjharīka (झर्झरीक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. The body; a country; a picture.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jharjharika in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)

45. A Topical Analysis of the Bhojana-Kutuhala < [Volume 2 (1954)]

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