India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s6.t1.6
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s6.t1.6
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(4) *Pishṭaka* (IV.3.147). *Pishṭa* (IV.3.146) denoted the ground paste of any grain. Articles prepared by mixing *pishṭa* were generally called *pishṭamayam*. *Pishṭaka* on the other hand was a special preparation, probably the cakes made of powdered rice. Suśruta counts *pishṭaka* among cooked delicacies (*kṛitānna varga*) (G. P. Majumdar, Food, *Indian Culture*, I.413).