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Varaha Purana 119.19: Adhyaya 119, Shloka 19

Ritual Regulations on Permissible Foods for Offering and Consumption

कर्मण्या मुद्गमाषा वै तिलकङ्गुकुलित्थकाः ॥ गवेदुकं महामोहं मकुष्ठमथवाहिजाम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 119.19

karmaṇyā mudgamāṣā vai tilakaṅgukulītthakāḥ || gavedukaṁ mahāmohaṁ makuṣṭham athavāhijām |

पूजा के काम में मूंग और उड़द दाल आती हैं। तिल, कांगनी और कुलथी भी यूज़ होती हैं। गवेदुक, महामोह और मकुस्थ - यह भी ठीक हैं। वाहिजा नाम का एक और दाल है।

कर्मण्याःuseful for work
कर्मण्याः:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Adjective (fit for work)
मुद्गमाषाःmudga and māṣa (green gram and black gram)
मुद्गमाषाः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुद्ग + माष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (मुद्गाश्च माषाश्च), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
वैindeed
वै:
अवधारण (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of assertion)
तिलकङ्गुकुलित्थकाःsesame, millet (kaṅgu), and horse-gram (kulittha)
तिलकङ्गुकुलित्थकाः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल + कङ्गु + कुलित्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (तिलाश्च कङ्गवश्च कुलित्थाश्च), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
गवेदुकम्gaveduka (a grain/plant)
गवेदुकम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगवेदुक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भव, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
महामोहम्mahāmoha (a plant/grain name)
महामोहम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (महान् मोहः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
मकुष्ठम्makuṣṭha (a plant)
मकुष्ठम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमकुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भव, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
अथवाor
अथवा:
समुच्चय/विकल्प (Alternative connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive: or)
अहिजाम्ahijā (a plant name)
अहिजाम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअहिज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; Accusative singular (पाठानुसार)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
E
Ethnobotany (Historical)
S
Sanskrit Lexicography

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It preserves an agrarian inventory of pulses and grains considered ritually acceptable, supporting research in historical food systems and ethnobotany.

No specific location is named; the list is generalized.

To select offerings from recognized, suitable agricultural items, encouraging careful stewardship and classification of natural resources.

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