Pathya, ʲٳ, ṻⲹ: 32 definitions
Introduction:
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Alternative spellings of this word include Pathy.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraPathya (पथ्य) refers to food becoming “acceptable to the body� after some kind of process. It is used throughout 鲹śٰ literature, such as the 鲹śܻ첹.
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsa1) Pathya (पथ्य) refers to Ayurvedic dietary regime and physical exercise. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the śܳٲ-ṃh and the 䲹첹-ṃh.
2) ʲٳ (पथ्य�):—Another name for Harītakī (Terminalia chebula), a species of medicinal plant and used in the treatment of fever (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever�) which is part of the 7th-century Mādhavacikitsā, a Sanskrit classical work on Āyurveda.
: Ancient Science of Life: Botanical identification of plants described in Mādhava Cikitsāʲٳ (पथ्य�) (or Harītakī, Abha) (one of the Triphala) refers to the medicinal plant Terminalia chebula Retz., and is used in the treatment of پ (diarrhoea), according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2. Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including ʲٳ] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuʲٳ (पथ्य�) is another name for ղԻ첹ṭaī, a medicinal plant identified with Momordica dioica (spiny gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family� of flowering plants, according to verse 3.61-63 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (ḍūc徱-) of this book contains climbers and creepers (īܻ). Together with the names ʲٳ and ղԻ첹ṭaī, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaPathya (पथ्य) refers to “dieting� (diet habits of a person), as explained in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala, a work dealing with the ancient Indian principles of dietetics and culinary art.—The term pathya is derived from the word /pathin/ which literally means a way or channel. Whatsoever that can be made the pathway of a person leading him to a happy and healthy life is his pathya.
Caraka defines pathya as the one which does not digress from the right path and which is pleasing to the mind. He further adds that one should invariably have a foodstuff which is either priya (pleasing) or pathya. Pathya can be signified for all that is beneficial for a patient while apathya as all that is harmful. Aswini Patil in her research article entitled Pathyasankalpana states that pathya not only advocates the intake of beneficial food but also directs to follow certain regimen to hasten the process of recovery from the diseased state. From all these, the word pathya corresponds to the diet, habit and other activities that is practiced by a person (with the approval of a health expert) for a healthy life. Suśruta gives certain directions for heavy fat eating children, which according to him, is pathya for them.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaʲٳ (पथ्य�) is another name for “Abha� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning 貹ٳ] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusPathya (पथ्य) is identified with Terminalia chebula, which is used in a recipe for the subjugation elephants, according to the 15th century ٲṅgī composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 10, “on the catching of elephants”]: �10. He shall apply (to the cows) a subjugating ointment made of [including for example, Pathya�Terminalia chebula (or citrina), ...] and similar things; with Celosia cristata, ⲹ (cardamoms?), collyrium, 岵ṣp (name of various plants), and honey.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)1) Pāṭh (पाठ्या) is the name of a commentary (possibly multiple) on the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh: one of the three great works of 岵ṭa.—The ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh consists only of verses. The eight-fold division is observed in the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh too, though not as strictly as in the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha. Numerous commentaries on the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh [viz., the Pāṭh], many of them unedited so far, can be traced in manuscripts, catalogues, publishers� lists, etc.
2) Pathya (पथ्य) refers to one who is “wholesome�, as mentioned in verse 4.29-31 of the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh.—Accordingly, “[...] If (a patient) has been debilitated by medicine, strengthening (him) gradually by food such as rice, sixty-day-old rice, wheat, mung-beans, meat, and ghee�(which), in combination with cardiac and stomachic remedies, (is) promotive of appetite and digestion—as well as by inunctions, massages, baths, and purgative and lubricant enemas (is) wholesome [viz., pathya]. Thus he recovers comfort, intensity of all the fires, faultlessness of intellect, colour, and senses, potency, (and) longness of life�.
Note: Pathya (“wholesome�) has been relieved of its office as predicate and degraded to the role of an attribute, its repetition (phan in 29 a and phan-pai in 29d) evidently serving to emphasize the appositional nature of the intervenient words (29bc).
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsPathya (पथ्य):—Which is conducive to Patha (Way / micro and macro channels / Srotas) including the Dosha, Dathu and Mala. That which is conducive to the body and mind. Food or conduct which are conducive or wholesome to both body and mind. eg. rice, ghee, milk etc. Contrast is Apathya.

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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) ṻⲹ (पाठ्�) refers to the “recitative� of a dramatic play. According to the Nāṭyaśāstra 1.17-18, when Brahmā created the Nāṭyaveda he took ṻⲹ (recitative) from the Ṛgveda. The term is used throughout ṭyśٰ literature.
2a) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) refers to a type of syllabic metre (ṛtٲ), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. ʲٳ falls in the Anuṣṭup (Anuṣṭubh) class of chandas (rhythm-type), which implies that verses constructed with this metre have four 岹 (‘foot� or ‘quarter-verse�) containing eighteen syllables each.
2b) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) refers to a type of syllabic metre (ṛtٲ), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 16. The ʲٳ variation is one amongst five types of -meters.
: archive.org: Natya ShastraThe Recitation (ṻⲹ) [in a play] is known to be of two kinds Sanskritic and Prakritic.

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPathya (पथ्य).—A great preceptor in the tradition of ancient Gurus. (See under Guruparamparā).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationPathya (पथ्य) refers to a “diet�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.31 (“Description of Śiva’s magic�).—Accordingly, as Śiva (in disguise of a Brahmin) said to the Lord of Mountains: “[...] For the marriage of Pārvatī, He is not at all a deserving person. On hearing of this, the general public will smile in derision. O lord of mountains, see for yourself. He has not a single kinsman. You are the storehouse of great gems and jewels. He has no assets at all. O lord of mountains, you shall consult your kinsmen, sons, wife and wise counsellors, except Pārvatī. O lord of mountains, the medicine does not appeal at all to the patient. Wrong diet (ku-pathya) that brings about great defects always appeals to him�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Pathya (पथ्य).—Learnt the Atharva Samhitā from a pupil of Sumantu; Kumuda and others were his disciples.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 7. 1 and 2.
1b) A disciple of Kabandha; he had three disciples; Jājali (Jābāli, Viṣṇu-purāṇa), Kumulādi and Śaunaka.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 35. 56, 59; Vāyu-purāṇa 61. 50; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 6. 9-11.
1c) Of Bhārgava gotra.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 96.
2) ʲٳ (पथ्य�).—A daughter of Maru and wife of Atharva Angiras; father of 101 sons of whom were Asya, Vāmadeva, Utathya, Uśiti, and Dhṛṣṇi.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 1. 103-5; Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 98.

The Purana (पुरा�, 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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) is a type of ٰ屹ṛtٲ (quantitative verse) described in the Ārprakaraṇa section of the second chapter of Kedārabhaṭṭa’s ṛtٲٲ첹. The ṛtٲٲ첹 is considered as most popular work in Sanskrit prosody, because of its rich and number of commentaries. Kedārabhaṭṭa (C. 950-1050 C.E.) was a celebrated author in Sanskrit prosody.
2) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by ñṇḍ (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. ñṇḍ was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., ʲٳ) in 20 verses.
3) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) refers to one of the thirty ٰ屹ṛtٲ (quantitative verse) mentioned in the 331st chapter of the Ծܰṇa. The Ծܰṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the 貹ٳ metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
ʲٳ also refers to one of the eighteen viṣama-varṇaṛtٲ (irregular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 332nd chapter of the Ծܰṇa.
4) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) refers to one of the thirty-four ٰ屹ṛtٲ (quantitative verse) mentioned in the Ҳḍaܰṇa. The Ҳḍaܰṇa says that if the seventh ṇa from the beginning consists of laghu and in the second half of , the foot ends with the fifth ṇa and also the foot ends with first three ṇa in each half, is known as 貹ٳ.
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)1) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) refers to one of the three main types of ٳ: one of the oldest Prakrit meters probably developed out of the epic Anuṣṭubh, as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—There are three main kinds of a ٳ, i.e., ʲٳ, Vipulā and Capalā. In a ʲٳ, the end of a word must coincide with the yati after the 12th ٰ in both the halves, while in the Vipulā it does not so coincide in one of the two halves or in both.
2) ʲٳ (पथ्य�) (also called Śālabhañjikā) also refers to a ٳṣp徱 metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards).—ʲٳ� has 20 ٰs in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 4, 4, 5 and [IS] ٰs.

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgaraʲٳ (पथ्य�) is one of the two wifes of Kamalagarbha: a Brāhman from Pratiṣṭhāna, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 73. Accordingly, as Jyotirlekhā, and Dhūmalekhā said to Śrīdarśana: �... long ago there dwelt in Pratiṣṭhāna a Brāhman, of the name of Kamalagarbha, and he had two wives: the name of the one was ʲٳ, and the name of the other Abalā. Now in course of time all three, the husband and the wives, were worn out with old age, and at last they entered the fire together, being attached to one another�.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story�), mentioning ʲٳ, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Pathya in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia chebula in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myrobalanus chebula (Retz.) Gaertn. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Observationes Botanicae (1789)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
· Taxon (1979)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1790)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
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Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypathya (पथ्य).—n (S) Diet or regimen. 2 Dietetics. 3 The meal of a person under a regimen. Ex. tumacē� pathya jhālē� mhaṇajē maga hī ٰ gh. 貹ٳcā Fit for; agreeing with; wholesome or healthful unto; dietetic, dietary. 貹ٳvara paḍaṇēṃ To prove useful, profitable, beneficial.
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pathya (पथ्य).—a (S) Dietetic, dietary. 2 Fit or suitable to, agreeing with, advantageous for. Ex. mātāpitarē� putrāsa jē� pathya asēla tō upadēśa karitāta; andhāra hā cōrāṃsa pathya Darkness suits thieves.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpathya (पथ्य).�n Diet or regimen. Dietetics. The meal of a person under a regimen. 貹ٳcā Fit for, wholesome or health- ful. 貹ٳvara paḍaṇēṃ To prove useful, bene- ficial.
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pathya (पथ्य).�a Dietetic, dietary. Fit or suitable to, agreeing with, advantageous for.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPathya (पथ्य).�a. [pathi sādhu digā °yat ino lopa�]
1) Salutary, wholesome, beneficial, agreeing with (said of a medicine, diet, advice &c.); अप्रियस्� � पथ्यस्� वक्त� श्रोता � दुर्लभ� (apriyasya ca pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabha�) 峾.; पथ्य� चैषा� मम चै� ब्रवीहि (pathya� caiṣāṃ mama caiva bravīhi) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.4.2; Y.3.65; पथ्यमन्नम् (pathyamannam) &c.
2) Fit, proper; suitable (in general).
-ٳ A road, way.
-thyam 1 Wholesome diet; as in पथ्याशी स्वामी वर्तते (貹ٳśī svāmī vartate).
2) Welfare, well being; उत्तिष्ठमानस्त� पर� नोपेक्ष्यः पथ्यमिच्छत� (uttiṣṭhamānastu paro nopekṣya� pathyamicchatā) Śiśupālavadha 2.1; ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 1.234;
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ṻⲹ (पाठ्�).�a.
1) To be recited.
2) To be taught. -m See पठ� (貹ṻṇa); पाठ्ये गेये � मधुरम् (pāṭhye geye ca madhuram) (kāvya� rāmāyaṇam) Rām.1.4.8.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPathya (पथ्य).—mfn.
(-thya�-ٳ-ٳⲹ�) Proper, fit, suitable, agreeing with, but applied chiefly medically, with respect to diet, regimen, &c. mf.
(-ٳⲹḥt) Yellow Myrobalan, (Terminalia chebula.) n.
(-ٳⲹ�) Sea salt. E. path to go, yat aff.
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ṻⲹ (पाठ्�).—mfn.
(-ṻⲹ�-ṻ-ṻⲹ�) To be read or studied. E. 貹ṻ to read, ṇy aff.; also 貹ṻanīya, &c.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPathya (पथ्य).—i. e. patha + ya, I. adj., f. , Furthering, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 448. Fit, suitable, salutary, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 69, 17. Ii. f. , Yellow myrobalan, Terminalia chebula.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPathya (पथ्य).—[adjective] customary, normal, regular, suitable, fit, proper. [neuter] fortune, good lock; hail to ([genetive] or [dative])! —[feminine] 貹ٳ path, way; [with] 𱹲ī & svasti the rich path (personif. as the goddess of fortune).
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ṻⲹ (पाठ्�).—[adjective] to be recited.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pathya (पथ्य):—[from path] mfn. ‘belonging to the way�, suitable, fit, proper, wholesome, salutary ([literally] and [figuratively]; [especially] said of diet in a medical sense), [Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] containing elements or leading forms, regular, normal, [Lāṭyana; Mādhava-nidāna]
3) [v.s. ...] m. Terminalia Chebula or Citrina, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a teacher of [Atharva-veda]
5) ʲٳ (पथ्य�):—[from pathya > path] f. a path, way, road (with 𱹲ī, ‘the auspicious path�, personified as a deity of happiness and welfare), [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] Terminalia Chebula or Citrina and other plants, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce metres, [Mādhava-nidāna; Colebrooke]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of a woman, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
9) Pathya (पथ्य):—[from path] n. a species of salt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) ṻⲹ (पाठ्�):—[from ṻ] mfn. to be recited, [Rāmāyaṇa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
11) [v.s. ...] to be taught, needing instruction, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
12) ٳⲹ (पाथ्�):—[from ٳ] mfn. ([probably]) being in the air, heavenly, [Ṛg-veda vi, 16, 15] (Name of a Ṛṣi, [Sāyaṇa])
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pathya (पथ्य):—[(thya�-ٳ-ٳⲹ�) a.] Proper, fit, as diet. m. f. Yellow myrobalan.
2) ṻⲹ (पाठ्�):—[(ṭhya�-ṭh-ṭhya�) a.] That should be read.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pathya (पथ्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paccha, ʲ.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Pathya (पथ्य) [Also spelled pathy]:�(nf) diet, medically prescribed or salubrious diet (for one who is recuperating after illness); (a) salubrious, wholesome; —[] to be given medically prescribed diet after recovery from an illness; —[] to take light and medically prescribed food after an illness; —[se rahanā] to avoid forbidden food; to take only prescribed diet.
2) ṻⲹ (पाठ्�):�(a) readable, worth reading; pertaining to a text/lesson,l egible; ~[krama] curriculum; course, syllabus; ~[car] syllabus; —[pustaka] a text-book.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPaṭhya (ಪಠ್ಯ):—[adjective] that is to be read; that is prescribed to be read.
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Paṭhya (ಪಠ್ಯ):�
1) [noun] = ಪಠ್ಯಕ್ರಮ [pathyakrama].
2) [noun] the act, process or an instance of reading.
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Pathya (ಪಥ್ಯ):�
1) [adjective] suitable for the way, course or travelling.
2) [adjective] promoting or helping to recover, one’s health.
3) [adjective] providing comfort, ease or pleasantness (to the mind).
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Pathya (ಪಥ್ಯ):�
1) [noun] that which is suitable for the way, course or travelling.
2) [noun] a thing, food (as prescribed by a physician, dietician) etc. that promotes or helps to recover, one’s health.
3) [noun] the system of having one’s food, as prescribed by a physician, nutrion etc. or that which promotes or helps recovering one’s health.
4) [noun] that which provides comfort, ease or pleasantness (to the mind) (as advice, solace, etc.).
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ṻⲹ (ಪಾಠ್�):—[noun] that is to be or fit to be read.
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ṻⲹ (ಪಾಠ್�):�
1) [noun] that which is to be or fit to be read.
2) [noun] the words of a song (distinguished from the music); the lyrics.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Pathya (पथ्य):—n. 1. light food or diet (for a sick-person); 2. wholesome food; adj. (of diet) nutritious; good for health;
2) ṻⲹ (पाठ्�):—adj. 1. to be read; deserving or prescribed for study; 2. legible;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+5): Pathya-samagri, Pathyadana, Pathyadena, Pathyakara, Pathyakrama, Pathyamana, Pathyamritadi, Pathyapathya, Pathyapathya dhanvantariya, Pathyapathyadhikara, Pathyapathyanighantu, Pathyapathyanirnaya, Pathyapathyavibodha, Pathyapathyavibodhaka, Pathyapathyavicara, Pathyapathyavidhana, Pathyapathyavidhi, Pathyapathyavinishcaya, Pathyapunarnavadi, Pathyapustaka.
Full-text (+81): Apathya, Nepathya, Sthitapathya, Prapathya, Pathyapathya, Kupathya, Supathya, Pathyashin, Parinamapathya, Pathyashaka, Sampathya, Pathyaratnakosha, Viparitapathya, Pathyakrama, Pathyapustaka, Pathya-samagri, Asinapathya, Nitpathya, Kumudadi, Shakvarapathya.
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Search found 79 books and stories containing Pathya, ʲٳ, ṻⲹ, ٳⲹ, Paṭhya, Paathya; (plurals include: Pathyas, ʲٳs, ṻⲹs, ٳⲹs, Paṭhyas, Paathyas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
An analytical study on pathya < [2015: Volume 4, April issue 4]
Preventive and curative aspect of sthoulya in children through ayurveda < [2018: Volume 7, June special issue 12]
A review on importance of pathya and apathya in the present era < [2021: Volume 10, May issue 5]
Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
The Usage of Language in a Drama < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]
Vṛttas (syllabic metres) < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Add on effect of gr̥ñjanaka pēya along with a therapeutic dietary protocol in raktārśa� (bleeding pile) - non-randomized controlled trial < [2021, Issue 7, July]
Understanding the concept of therapeutic food in ayurveda - a review article < [2017, Issue VI June]
Role of diet and lifestyle in management of mutrashmari w.s.r. urolithiasis- a review study < [2022, Issue 09 September]
Musical Instruments in Sanskrit Literature (by S. Karthick Raj KMoundinya)
The Ramayana and Music < [Chapter 2 - Origin and evolution of Music and Musical instruments]
Evolution of Musical Instruments < [Chapter 2 - Origin and evolution of Music and Musical instruments]
Musical Instruments in Kautilya’s Arthasastra < [Chapter 3 - Musical Instruments of India (with reference to Sanskrit literary sources)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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