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गवीधुका (gavIdhukA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गवी॑धुका
f.
 id.,
ĀpŚr.
 xv, 3, 16
xvi
f.
अभिधानचिन्तामणीशिलोच्छः
Sanskrit
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कुल्मासवत्कुल्माषोऽपि गवेधुका गवीधुका ।
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कुल्मास (पुं), गवीधुका (स्त्री)
Vedic Reference
English
Gavīdhukā, ^1 Gavedhukā, ^2 is the name of a species of grass
(Coix barbata). It is also referred to in the adjectival forms
gāvīdhuka^3 and gāvedhuka.^4 It was boiled with rice^5 (gavīdhukā-
yavāgā) or barley^6 (gavedhukā-saktavaḥ) in preparing gruel.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 4, 3, 2.
2) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 2, 4, 13
3, 1, 10
xiv. 1, 2, 19.
3) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, i. 8, 7, 1
9, 2
Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, i. 7, 3, 6
Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, ii. 6, 5
iv. 3, 8
Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xv. 5.
4) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 2, 4, 11.
13
3, 1, 10
3, 7.
5) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 4, 3, 2.
6) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ix. 1, 1, 8.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
गवीधुका स्त्री गवेधुका + पृषो० । धान्यभेदे । “अनाहुतिर्वै जर्त्तिलाश्च गवीधुकाश्च” तैत्ति० ५ । ४ । ३ । २ ।