Science & culture, Volume 70, Indian Science News Association, Indian Science News Association., 2004, ... Both Charaka and Sushruta had used mortar & pestle for the preparation of medicinal agents & is the accepted symbol of Ayurveda ...
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Online Etymology DictionaryArchived 2016-03-04 at the वेबैक मशीन, ... pestle: late 13c., from O.Fr. pestel, from L. pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to pinsere "to pound," from PIE *pis-to-, suffixed form of root *peis- "to crush" (cf. Skt. pinasti "pounds, crushes," pistah "anything ground, meal ...
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Online Etymology DictionaryArchived 2016-03-04 at the वेबैक मशीन, ... pestle: late 13c., from O.Fr. pestel, from L. pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to pinsere "to pound," from PIE *pis-to-, suffixed form of root *peis- "to crush" (cf. Skt. pinasti "pounds, crushes," pistah "anything ground, meal ...
