Phanta, ʳṇṭ, ʳԳٲ, Phamta: 18 definitions
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaʳṇṭ (फण्ट) refers to “hot infusion� and is a Sanskrit technical term appearing in the 15th-century Yogasrasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vsudeva..—ʳṇṭ� (“hot infusion�) is prepared by soaking the powdered drug in six times of hot water for a while. Then it is gently sifted and strained.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: Academia.edu: Ayurveda and Pharmaceuticsʳṇṭ (Hot infusion or Tea): Coarsely powdered herbs are put into boiled water and covered with a lid. The flame is put off. Allow the water to cool and filter it to get a weak decoction. This is ṇṭ and useful for patients with weak digestive power and for regular use of certain herbs
: Amala Ayurveda: Ayurveda MedicinesTo prepare phanta or ‘hot infusion�, the herbs, leaves, seeds etc. are immersed in boiled water. For the infusion 1 part of the herb and 8 parts of water are used. This is left to stand for 12hrs and filtered. The dosage is usually 2 palas. It is best suited for treating ailments related to vata and kapha imbalance. For example, Pancakola-phanta.
: Ayurveda News: Panchavidha Kashaya KalpanaPhanta (Hot infusion): Phanta is the hot infusion of those herbs which are intended to be used for Kapha and Vata problems. Water has to be boiled first and then respected quantity of drug in coarse powder form is immersed in it and then the vessel is removed from fire. When it cools down to room temperature, then it should be rubbed with hands and filtered with cloth and administered. Hot infusion is beneficial for Kapha and Vata problems. Dose of Phanta is 40 ml. Herbal teas are examples of Phanta. Eg. Ginger tea.
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsPhṃṭa (फांट):—A filtrate obtained by steeping the soft & aromatic substances in boiled water in liquid doses form

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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramʳԳٲ (फान्�) refers to the letters ending with Pha, according to the second recension of the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthnabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik.—Accordingly, “In the meantime, once the goddess had crossed over the most excellent Yoga and once the fifth night had passed, she emerged from the middle of the Liṅga. [...] The mass of radiance from (her) garland is associated with the letters (of the Mlinī alphabet) beginning with Na and ending with Pha [i.e., 徱-Գٲ-ṣa-ܳ] and, endowed with the fifty rays (of the energies of the letters), she is marked with a garland of flames, has light brown, dishevelled hair, and loves snakes. [...]�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṇṭ (फांट).—m (ṭaṇĸ) An objection (as raised or started against); a flaw, fault, or imperfection (as discovered in). v ŧ. 2 Disagreement or discrepancy (as of statements). 3 Nautical term. Backing with an oar to turn the head of the boat. With ŧ� or nvēsa, galabatsa &c. and v dhara, kara. 4 n An infusion (esp. of drugs).
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phṇṭ (फांट�) [or फाटा, phṭ].—m (ṭaṇĸ) An arm, a branch, a long divergent portion (of a tree, river, road, hill): an arm (of a letter); a line or stroke (as drawn through a letter). 2 fig. A digression (in a discourse); an episode. 3 Esp. in ԲԻ岹ṣ�. An aṇa or 1/16th of a rupee. phṇṭ dēṇēṃ (To draw a line through, to cross.) To turn off, to dismiss. phṇṭ phuṭaṇēṃ or ṇĸ in. con. To get crazy or cracked. phṭ� phuṭaŧ (or, poetice, ṭa) Wild or wandering in mind. Ex. phṭ� ṭa disē bahuta || baḍabaḍīta bhalatēñci ||. ܰī� (or ōṇḍī� or ōṇḍ) phṭ� ṇĸ To run off into wildly nonsensical talk. Ex. mhaṇōni ܰī� bharal phṭ� || baḍabaḍ� cōhaṭ� bhalatēñci ||. phṇṭē phōḍaṇēṃ To make difficulties; to start objections or devious excuses.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṇṭ (फांट).�m A flaw, fault. Discrepancy (as of statements). Backing with an oar.
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phṇṭ (फांट�) [or phṭ�, or फाटा].�m An arm, a branch. An arm (of a letter). A digression (in a discourse); an episode. phṇṭ dēṇēṃ To turn off, to dismiss. phṇṭ phuṭaṇēṃ or ṇĸ To get crazy or cracked. phṇṭ phuṭa- ŧ (or, poetic, ṭa) Wild and wandering in mind. ܰī� (or ōṇḍī or ōṇḍ) phṇṭ ṇĸ To run off into wildly nonsensical talk. phṇṭē phōḍaṇēṃ To create difficulties; to start objec- tions or devious excuses.
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 dictionaryʳṇṭ (फाण्�).�a. Made by an easy process, readily or easily prepared (as a decoction).
-ṭa�, -ṭam An infusion, decoction; फाण्टमनायाससाध्य� कषायविशेषः (ṇṭmanysasdhya� kaṣyaviśeṣa�) Sk.; फाण्टचित्रास्त्र- पाणय� (ṇṭcitrstra- pṇaya�) Bhaṭṭikvya 9.17. (see the commentary; yadaśṛtamapiṣṭa� kaṣyamudakasaṃparkamtrdvibhaktarasam īṣaduṣṇa� tadalpapraysasdhyatvt ṇṭ- mityucyate |); क्षुणद्रव्यफले सम्यक् जलमुष्णं विनिक्षिपेत् � पात्रे चत�- ष्पलमितं ततस्तु स्रावयेज्जलम� � सोऽय� चूर्णद्रवः फाण्टो भिषग्भिरभिधीयत� (kṣuṇadravyaphale samyak jalamuṣṇa� vinikṣipet | ptre catu- ṣpalamita� tatastu srvayejjalam | so'ya� cūrṇadrava� phṇṭo bhiṣagbhirabhidhīyate) Vaidyaka.
-ṇṭ The first particles of butter produced by churning.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳṇṭ (फाण्�).—mfn.
(-ṇṭ�-ṇṭ-ṇṭ�) Readily prepared, made by an extemporaneous easy process, (decoction, &c.) n.
(-ṇṭ�) 1. Diluted decoction, decoction, easily prepared. 2. The first particles of butter that are produced by churning. E. � to prepare easily, aff. kta, deriv. irr.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳṇṭ (फाण्�).—i. e. �, [Causal.], + ta, I. ptcple. of the pf. pass. of the causal of �, Readily or easily prepared. Ii. m. Diluted decoction Iii. n. The first particle of butter that are prepared by churning.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʳṇṭ (फाण्�):—[from ṇi] mf()n. (contracted from ṇita; cf. [Pṇini 7-2, 18]) obtained by straining or filtering, [Ṛgvidh.]
2) [v.s. ...] made or won by an easy process, readily or easily prepared, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] one who does not exert himself or takes things easy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] m. an infusion, decoction, pounded medicinal substances mixed with four parts of hot water and then filtered, [Śrṅgadhara-saṃhit] (also ṭa첹, m.), [Bhaṭṭi-kvya]
5) [v.s. ...] n. the first particles of butter that are produced by churning, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳṇṭ (फाण्�):—[(ṇṭa�-ṇṭ-ṇṭ�) a.] Readily prepared (by decoction, &c.) n. Diluted decoction; first particles of butter produced by churning.
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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 dictionaryPhṃṭa (फांट):�(nm) width, distance between the two banks of a river, pond, lake, etc.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPhaṃṭa (ಫಂ�):�
1) [noun] boastful or useless talk; brag.
2) [noun] the act, an instance of deceiving or being deceived; deception.
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Phṃṭa (ಫಾಂಟ):—[noun] any thing (as a decoction, solution etc.) that can be prepared by easy methods as filtering).
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 DictionaryPhṃṭa (फांट):—[=फाँट] n. 1. an open and wide space of land; 2. section; department; 3. detailed list;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Phamtatana, Phantahrita, Phantahritayana, Phantahritayani, Phantahriti, Phantaka, Phantaya.
Full-text (+7): Viphanta, Parashuphanta, Misila-phamta, Phantaka, Anayasakrita, Panta, Phantahrita, Sudarshanaphanta, Pancakolaphanta, Phantya, Phaujaphanta, Phantahritayani, Phantaya, Phant, Misil-phant, Phan, Phantahriti, Nadiphanta, Phanti, Galaphata.
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