Book Title: Scientific Contents in Prakrta Canons
Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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________________ Food Sciences : 505 Beans Vana Mūnga Tila 1 2 3 21. Anuka beans Anuka beans - 22. Kaloya beans [C] Fatty Cereals 23. Tila Tila 24. Linseed Linseed 25. - 26. Tripuda Tripuda [D] Miscelleneous 27. Sugar Cane Sugar Cane 28. Corriander Corriander Mustard Table 3b : Potables ( Pānakas ). SGDT BA Peyas 1. Ghana ( Curd etc.) Lemon Juice Pāna ( Alcohols ) 2. Fluids ( Tarala ) Fruit Juice Pānaka (Fruit Juice ) 3. Licky (Lepi ) Lepi ( Curd ) Pāniya ( Water ) 4. Non-licky Alepi 5. Sa-siktha Sa-siktha ( milk ) 6. A-siktha A-siktha Similarly, though Ācāranga 24 gives a list of 21 potables, this seems to have been overlooked. Muni Nathamala mentions three varieties of potables out of which Āsādhara25 selects 'Pānaka' as a general term. He classifies them in six varieties much similar to Bhagavati Arādhanā 26. These include normally all types of potables. The Vrata-vidhāna-sangraha counts fermented or denatured liquids separately but it could be included in pānaka itself??. The potables are said to enliven the activity of vital fluids in the body. The discussion on other categories will be made at appropriate places. Classification of Foods on Methods of Intake Bhagavati and Prajñāpanā 28 mention three classes of food based on methods of intake : (i) absorbable ( energy, Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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