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Indukamala to Iyatta (Discourse 7) (10)

[9] Indhana

[10] The word indhana is derived by adding the suffix [...] is used as fuel for cooking is indhana. By the same reasoning, in the [...] electricity that we use for cooking indhana.

[11] In southern Bengal, indhana is called jválánii [...] they are known as arańi.

[15] All those woods which were not used for cooking, that is, which were not indhana, but which were used for yajiṋa [...] samidha rather than arańi or indhana. In ancient times, yajiṋad́umbara [...] yajiṋad́umbar wood as indhana; due to superstition they would [...] seen samidha called yajiṋa indhana in old Prákrta literature. This usage is defective. Indhana is not used for sacrifices; it is used for cooking.