Category: healthPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

ಪಥ್ಯ

/pathya/Roman

English meaning: dietary regimen / wholesome diet

Kannada Definition

(ಕನ್ನಡ)

ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ರಕ್ಷಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ರೋಗ ಗುಣಪಡಿಸಲು ಅನುಸರಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಆಹಾರ ನಿಯಮ. ರೋಗಿಗೆ ಪಥ್ಯ ಆಹಾರ ಮುಖ್ಯ.

English Definition

Prescribed diet or regimen recommended for maintaining health or during illness

Example

ಜ್ವರ ಬಂದಾಗ ಪಥ್ಯ ಆಹಾರ ತಿನ್ನಬೇಕು.

In English: When one has fever, one must follow a prescribed diet.

Synonyms

  • ಆಹಾರ ನಿಯಮ
  • ಪರಿಮಿತ ಆಹಾರ

Antonyms / Opposites

  • ಅಪಥ್ಯ

Literary Heritage

ಕಾಯಕವೇ ಕೈಲಾಸ

/Kayakave kailasa/

Work itself is paradise — honest labour is divine.

Basavanna · Philosopher, Social Reformer & Poet · 1131–1167 CE

Vachanas

Basavanna's foundational teaching on the dignity of labour

ಓ ನನ್ನ ಚೇತನ ಆಗು ನೀ ಅನಿಕೇತನ

/O nanna chetana aagu nee aniketana/

O my spirit, become one without a fixed abode — free, boundless, universal.

Kuvempu (K. V. Puttappa) · Rashtra Kavi (National Poet of Karnataka) · 1904–1994

Viswamanuva Geete

Kuvempu's call for a universal human identity beyond caste, religion, and region

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ಕನ್ನಡ
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