Pandimana, Paṇḍīmāna: 1 definition
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)Paṇḍīmāna (पण्डीमान) refers to a type of fish identified with Chanos chanos Forsk., as mentioned in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—Pandimana has been described as large and scaly, and possibly found in inland waters. Pandu or panduriman in Sanskrit means pale or white and pandaa as “learned”. The word pandimana in Sanskrit could mean, “liked by Brahmins”. Hora (1951) identified pandimana as Lates calcarifer Bl. We believe pandimana to be the milkfish Chanos chanos Forsk. that is purely vegetarian in its food habit, which relates to “learned” persons in the ancient Indian context. This fish is called pumin in the Tulu language of Karnataka.
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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