The Sanskrit term Godhyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Godhyaksa or Godhyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

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

Godhyakṣa (गोध्यक्ष) refers to an “officer in charge of milking cows”, according to the Arthaśāstra II.29.2, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Kauṭilya mentions an officer called godhyakṣa assisted by two junior persons in charge of milking cows (dohaka) and churning curds (manthaka). Cows were generally milked twice a day in the rainy, autumn and winter seasons, but only once in the spring and summer seasons. Mahābhārata instructs that the Brahmins are not allowed to drink the milk of sheep, mare, asses, camels, deer, women and a cow which had recently calved.

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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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Partial matches: Adhyaksha, Go.

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