Kulmasha, Kulmāsa, Kulmāṣa, Kulmāṣā: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kulmāṣa and Kulmāṣā can be transliterated into English as Kulmasa or Kulmasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary studyKulmāṣa (कुल्माष) refers to “half-ripe barley”, forming part of a common diet in ancient Kashmir (Kaśmīra) as mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa.—Kulmāṣa is recommended as an offering for the deities and gift for the Brāhmaṇas (verses 437, 800). Most of the references to the articles of diet occur in the Nīlamata in connection with the offerings made to the gods but it is not difficult to infer from them the food and drink of the common people because “what a man eats his gods eat”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India1) Kulmāṣa (कुल्माष) refers to a preparation made with pulses, according to the Nirukta I.4 (also Chāndogyopaniṣad I.10.2), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Of the pulse preparations, kulmāṣa is the most prominent one among the common people. It is prepared by stewing beans and mixing them with a little guḍa and oil. Aṣṭādhyāyi says another preparation of pulse called as sūpa (soup).
Kulmāṣa, when derived from derived from mudga (green gram) is classified as a ‘heavy foodstuff’ as opposed to mudga (green-gram), according to 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.—Heavy food should [viz., kulmāṣa] to be eaten only until one is half satisfied. Light food [viz., mudga] can be eaten until the full satisfaction is obtained. A man whose digestive fire is weak, should abandon heavy food.
2) Kulmāṣā (कुल्माषा) refers to “sour gruel” and is classified as a type of grain (dhānya) in the section on tṛṇadhānya (grassy grains) in the Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana).—Tṛṇadhānya-prakaraṇa discusses the varieties and properties of grassy grains [...]. The properties of [viz., kulmāṣā (sour gruel)] are also discussed herein.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kulmasha in India is the name of a plant defined with Chamaecrista absus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia viscida Zoll. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Numer. List (5315)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (1998)
· Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1980)
· Flora Malesiana (1996)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1982)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKulmāṣa (कुल्माष).—Gruel.
-ṣaḥ 1 A kind of grain. half-ripe barley; स हेम्यं कुल्माषान्खादन्तं बिभिक्षे (sa hemyaṃ kulmāṣānkhādantaṃ bibhikṣe) Ch. Up. 1.1.2.
2) A hotch potch of half-boiled rice and pulse; Bhāgavata 5.9.11.
3) A kind f disease.
Derivable forms: kulmāṣam (कुल्माषम्).
See also (synonyms): kulmāsa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulmāṣa (कुल्माष).—mn.
(-ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ) Sour gruel perpared by the spontaneous fermentation of the water of boiled rice. n.
(-ṣaṃ) 1. Half ripe barley. 2. Forced riee. 3. A sort of Phaseolus: see rājamāṣa. 4. A species of Dolichos, (D. beflorus.) See yāvaka. 5. A disease. m.
(-ṣaḥ) A dish consisting of half boiled rice, with pulse, &c. commonly K'hichri. E. kula a class or race, maṣ or mas to hurt or kill, aṇ affix; hence the word is also written kulmāsa.
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Kulmāsa (कुल्मास).—mn.
(-saḥ-saṃ) See kulmāṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulmāṣa (कुल्माष).—I. m. Sour gruel, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 9, 12. Ii. f. ṣī, The name of a river.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulmāṣa (कुल्माष).—([masculine] sgl. & [plural]) sour gruel of fruits etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kulmāṣa (कुल्माष):—m. (also ās m. [plural]) sour gruel (prepared by the spontaneous fermentation of the juice of fruits or of boiled rice), [Suśruta]
2) an inferior kind of grain, half-ripe barley, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 9, 12; Bhāvaprakāśa]
3) m. a kind of disease, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) n. sour gruel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) forced rice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) a sort of Phaseolus (= rāja-māṣa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) a species of Dolichos (= yāvaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kulmāṣa (कुल्माष):—[(ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ)] 1. m. n. Sour gruel. m. Khichrī. n. Half ripe barley.
2) Kulmāsa (कुल्मास):—[(saḥ-saṃ)] 1. m. n. See kulmāṣa.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kulmāṣa (कुल्माष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kummāsa.
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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 corpusKulmāṣa (ಕುಲ್ಮಾಷ):—
1) [noun] a liquid food of oatmeal etc. boiled and added with sour buttermilk, used poor people; sour gruel.
2) [noun] not fully cooked food of pulse or other bean.
3) [noun] the plant Dolichos biflorus of Papilionaceae family.
4) [noun] its gram; horse-gram.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
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