Panchamrita (Sanskrit: पञ्चामृत, lit. five Amṛtas) is a mixture of five foods used in Hindu as well as Jain worship and puja and Abhiṣeka[1] It is often used as an offering during pooja post which it is distributed as prasad.[2]
The five ingredients of panchamrita: milk, yogurt, ghee, honey, and Jaggery
In Tamil Nadu, Panchamritam (Tamil: பஞ்சாமிர்தம்) is a mixture of banana, ghee, honey, jaggery and cardamom. In addition, other substances like seedless dates and sugar candies are added.[5]Keralites may also include tender coconut. Some recipes also include grapes.[6]
^For definition of पञ्चामृत (IAST: pañcāmṛta ) as "the collection of five sweet things used in worshipping deities" see: Apte 1965, p. 578,
^"Happy Mahashivratri 2018: Importance Of Panchamrit And How To Make It At Home". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
^Karigoudar, Ishwaran (1977). A populistic community and modernization in India. ISBN9004047905. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
^Delamaine, James (1826). "Of the Sra'wacs or Jains". Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 1 (2): 413–438. doi:10.1017/S095047370000029X. ISSN 0950-4737. JSTOR 25581717.
^. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^Nair, K.K. (26 March 2003). Sages Through Ages, Proof of divinity given. ISBN9781418446895. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
^"Palani temple to double panchamritam production". The Economic Times. Palani, India. 6 October 2009.
^"'Panchamirtham' of Palani temple gets GI tag". The Hindu. 14 August 2019.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965), The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary (Fourth revised and enlarged ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, ISBN81-208-0567-4
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