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Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

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

Haimana (हैमन) is the name of an author of books dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā as quoted by Raghunātha in his 17th century Bhojanakutūhala.—It is a noticeable fact that Āyurveda and its tradition, stood as the champions for the development of critical notions of dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India. [...] Bhojanakutūhala records many earlier important treatises [...] and quotes many other scholars like [...] Haimana.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Haimana (हैमन).—a. (-nī f.) [हेमन्त एव हेमन्ते भवो वा अण् तलोपः (hemanta eva hemante bhavo vā aṇ talopaḥ)]

1) Wintry, cold; गजपतिद्वयसीरपि हैमनस्तुहिनयन् सरितः पृषतां पतिः (gajapatidvayasīrapi haimanastuhinayan saritaḥ pṛṣatāṃ patiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 6.55; Kirātārjunīya 17.12.

2) Pertaining to winter, i. e. long (as nights); प्रेम्णा मनःसु रजनीष्वपि हैमनीषु (premṇā manaḥsu rajanīṣvapi haimanīṣu) Śi. 6.77.

3) Growing in or suitable for winter; हैमनैर्निवसनैः सुमध्यमाः (haimanairnivasanaiḥ sumadhyamāḥ) R.19.41.

4) Golden, made of gold.

-naḥ 1 The month Mārgaśīrṣa.

2) The winter season (= hemanta q. v.).

3) A kind of rice which grows in winter (ṣaṣṭika).

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

Haimana (हैमन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nī-naṃ) 1. Cold, wintry. 2. Growing in winter. 3. Suitable to winter. 4. Made of gold. m.

(-naḥ) 1. The month Margaśirrsha. 2. The winter season. E. hemanta winter, aṇ aff., and the final optionally rejected.

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

Haimana (हैमन).—i. e. heman + a, I. adj., f. nī, Winterly, Mahābhārata 2, 2669; [Kirātārjunīya] 17, 12. Ii. m. The month Mārgaśīrṣa. Iii. n. Winter.

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

Haimana (हैमन).—([feminine] ī) & haimanta [adjective] winterly, cold.

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

1) Haimana (हैमन):—[from heman] 1. haimana mf(ī)n. relating or belonging or suitable to winter, winterly, wintry, cold, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.

2) [v.s. ...] m. the month Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of rice which grows in winter (= ṣaṣṭika), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] m. n. winter, cold, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [from heman] 2. haimana mfn. golden ([varia lectio] haimaja), [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Haimana (हैमन):—(naḥ) 1. m. Name of a month. n. Winter. a. Wintry.

[Sanskrit to German]

Haimana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Haimana (ಹೈಮನ):—[adjective] = ಹೈಮಂತ [haimamta]1.

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Haimana (ಹೈಮನ):—[noun] = ಹೈಮಂತ [haimamta]2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Ends with: Aparahaimana, Thaimana.

Full-text: Haimala, Aparahaimana, Haima, Romanca, Hema.

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 1.17.7 < [Chapter 17 - Description of the Yogurt Theft]

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Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)

Proper time for war < [Chapter 6 - Principles of Warfare]

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Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)

Chapter 24 - The Superintendent of Agriculture < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]

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