Purodasha, ʳܰḍāśa: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ʳܰḍāśa can be transliterated into English as Purodasa or Purodasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�).—The sacrificial offerings to Devas;1 made of burnt flour;2 symbol of Trayambaka Rudra.3
- 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 67. 97; Vāyu-purāṇa 31. 48; 92. 92; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 9. 18.
- 2) Matsya-purāṇa 239. 32.
- 3) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 9. 6; 13. 146.

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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)ʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�) refers to “cake�, mentioned as an example of a gift used in a Yajña (sacrifice), in the Āpastamba-ⲹñ-paribhāṣ�-sūtras 1.—�ⲹñ [viz., ṣṭ], sacrifice, is an act by which we surrender something for the sake of the gods. Such an act must rest on a sacred authority (岵), and serve for man’s salvation (śǰٳ). The nature of the gift is of less importance. It may be ܰḍāśa, cake; karu, pulse; ṃnⲹ, mixed milk; 貹ś, an animal; soma, the juice of the Soma-plant, &c.; nay, the smallest offerings of butter, flour, and milk may serve for the purpose of a sacrifice�.
ʳܰḍāśa is a cake made of meal (‘pakva� piṣṭapiṇḍaḥ�), different from karu, which is more of a pulse consisting of grains of rice or barley, and clarified butter (‘‘ghṛtataṇḍulobhayātmakam�). This ܰḍāśa cake has to be divided for presentation to different deities. If there are more than two deities, the plural 屹ٲ, separate, has to be used. [...] A ܰḍāśa may be made of ī, rice, or of ī, wild growing rice. The wild rice has to be pounded, but not the good rice. The preparation, however, has to yield in a ṛt, the important point being the substance.

Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्�, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval Indiaʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�) refers to a “rice-cake�, according to the Taittarīyabrāhmaṇa I.5.11.2, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as 첹śٰ or 첹첹.—The discussions on rice can be seen only in post-Ṛgvedic literature. [...] Parivāpa and ܰḍāśa are the Vedic offerings made from rice. Parivāpa is prepared from parched rice fried in butter. ʳܰḍāśa is a rice-cake. The term odana has been used even from the Vedic period to signify the boiled rice. Atharvaveda refers to the milk boiled rice as ṣīr-ǻ岹Բ.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypurōḍāśa (पुरोडा�).—m S Clarified butter as offered in oblations to Fire, with cakes of ground meal that have been steeped in it. 2 Orts or leavings of any substance used in an oblation to Fire.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpurōḍāśa (पुरोडा�).�m Clarified butter as offered in oblations to Fire, with cakes of ground meal that have been steeped in it.
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 dictionaryʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�).�&c. See under पुरस� (puras).
See also (synonyms): purodhas.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�) or Puroḍāśśa.—m.
(-ś�) 1. Ghee or clarified butter as offered in oblations to fire, with cakes of ground barley meal, that have been well steeped in it. 2. The orts, or leavings of any substance, used in an oblation to fire. 3. A sort of flat ladle or spoon, used for placing the cakes in the sacrificial fire. 4. The juice of the acid asclepias drunk at certain sacrifices. 5. A mantra, or prayer recited in offering oblations to fire. E. puras first, 徱ś to shew, aff. ac, deriv. irr.; the first ceremony on all sacred occasions; or according to Vachaspatya:�purodāśyate dāśa-dāne karmmaṇi kkip, ghañ vā dasya ḍa� .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�).—i. e. puras-dāś + a, m. 1. A kind of cake made of rice meal, offered in oblations to the gods, [Բśٰ] 6, 11. 2. An oblation to deities, [Բśٰ] 5, 23.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�).—[masculine] = [preceding]; offering of ([genetive]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�):—[=ܰ-ḍāśa] [from puro > pur] m. idem, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc. ([Religious Thought and Life in India 367])
2) [v.s. ...] any oblation, [Manu-smṛti v, 23]
3) [v.s. ...] the leavings of an offering, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Soma juice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a prayer recited while offering oblations in fire, [Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�):—[ܰ-ḍāśa] (ś�) 1. m. Ghee; orts; sacrificial spoon; juice of the Asclepias; a mantra or charm.
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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 dictionaryʳܰḍāśa (पुरोडा�) [Also spelled purodash]:�(nm) sacrificial oblation offered to the gods.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPurōḍāśa (ಪುರೋಡಾ�):�
1) [noun] a sacrificial oblation made of ground rice and offered in vessels.
2) [noun] the leavings of an oblation.
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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Partial matches: Puro, Dasa, Taca.
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