a man who cooks foods; a cook.

a critical examination, observation or evaluation; a test.

a testing of food for its being free from mixed with a poison, before it is given to or consumed by a king.

food; any eatable.

ಪಡಿಸಣದಾಳು paḍisaṇadāḷu a servant who tastes the food to check whether it is poisoned or not, before it being served to a king; ಪಡಿಸಣವಾಗು paḍisaṇavāgu to be consumed, as food; 2. (fig.) to become a victim of.

he who dines in the same plate in which his master has dined.

such an act.