Vaṭaka

Vaṭaka, “a cake of food”

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: a cake of food, a pakvānna.

In the scriptures: in the Budhāshṭamī vrata, the vrata is kept on eight Budhāshṭamīs with eight pakvānnas in order, offered to Budha and afterwards eaten with one’s dear friends. Vaṭaka is named third, after modaka and apūpa of ghee (Uttara Parva, Chapter 54).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 54