Ksemakutuhalam: A Work on Dietetics & Well-being
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IIAIM Publication Series
Book: 1Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788190896504
Length
92+469p., Col. Illustrations; 23cm.
Subjects
Ksemakutuhalam is a curious 16th century work on Ayurvedic dietetics. Written in Sanskrit by Ksemasarma, a royal physician of repute, the work discusses at length about traditional Indian cuisine and its benefits. Spanning across 12 chapters, fancifully named Utsaves, Ksemakutuhalam is capable of evoking the admiration of scholars as well as laymen by the breadth of topics covered and the attention paid to details.Each foodstuff is dealt at length. The usual mode ...
