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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Prācyā: Animals and animal products as reflected in Smṛti texts

Siṃhatuṇḍaka (सिंहतुण्डक) refers to the fish-species Bagarius bagarius.—Manusmṛti I.44 includes fishes among aquatic creatures and states they are oviparous. It states that they are not to be rejected if offered voluntarily IV.250. Manusmṛti VIII.95 states that fish bones are harmful if swallowed unaware along with its flesh. The Smṛtis also mention several species of fishes [like Siṃhatuṇḍaka (Bagarius bagarius)].

The Manusmṛti permits that Siṃhatuṇḍaka, Śaśalka and Rājīva can be eaten on all occasions while the fishes namely Rohita and Pāṭhīna are to be eaten after offering them to the gods. The Rohita and Siṃhatuṇḍaka are fit to be eaten by Brahmins according to Yājñavalkyasmṛti I.177-178. [...] The Viṣṇusmṛti 51.21 also states that Pāṭhīna, Rohita, Siṃhatuṇḍaka, Śakula and Rājīva can be consumed.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)

Siṃhatuṇḍaka (सिंहतुण्डक) refers to a type of fish identified with Bagarius bagarius Ham., as mentioned in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—Simhatundaka has been described as a large and riverine fish, presumably scaleless. Simhatundaka in Sanskrit would indicate lion-faced. A catfish with a ferocious appearance and behavior would be the obvious candidate. Hora (1951) suggested Bagarius bagarius Ham., which is ferocious and has under-hung mouth. It is called baghar (tiger-like) in some Indian languages. We agree with Hora’s identification.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Siṃhatuṇḍaka (सिंहतुण्डक):—[=siṃha-tuṇḍaka] [from siṃha] m. a kind of fish (= -tuṇḍa), [Yājñavalkya]

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Simhatundaka 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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Partial matches: Tundaka, Simha.

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Full-text: Rohita, Rajiva, Pathina, Shakula, Sashalka.

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