Karivepa

Karivepa

Grammar: the word as the Telugu print gives it (కరివేప).

Meaning: a leaf used in cooking; the reader takes it as curry leaf.

In the scriptures: in the third pāraṇa of the Śāka Saptamī Vrata, Sumantu Muni says to offer naivedya of śāli rice mixed with curd, and with it to offer brāhmaṇas a meal with bhakshyas, lehyas and the like cooked with karivepa.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 47

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 47