A word spelt the same backwards and forwards is called what?
Shishupala Vadha with the second half being the first half reversed. This is known as "pratiloma" (or "gatapratyāgata") and is not found in Bharavi: तं श्रिया घनयानस्तरुचा सारतया तया । यातया तरसा चारुस्तनयानघया श्रितं ॥ taṃ śriyā ghanayānastarucā sāratayā tayā yātayā tarasā cārustanayānaghayā śritaṃ The 34th stanza is the 33rd stanza written backwards, with a different meaning. Finally, the 27th stanza is an example of what has been called "the most complex and exquisite type of palindrome ever invented". Sanskrit aestheticians call it "sarvatobhadra", "perfect in every direction" — it yields the same text if read forwards, backwards, down, or up: सकारनानारकास-
Spelt to make vodka in Poland. Spelt is currently a specialty crop, but its popularity in the past as a peasants' staple food has been attested in literature. Although today's Russian-speaking children perhaps do not know exactly what "polba" (spelt) looks or tastes like, they may recognize the word as something that can be made into porridge, having heard Pushkin's well-rhymed story in which the poor workman Balda asks his employer the priest "to feed me boiled spelt" ("есть же мне давай варёную полбу"). In Horace's "Satire" 2.6 (late 31–30 BC), which ends with the story of the Country Mouse and