Acorus calamus: 2 definitions

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Acorus calamus means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Acorus calamus (in Sanskrit: Vacā) is the name of an ingredient used in the process of producing seedless fruits (abīja), according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Benincasa hispida, Solanum melongena, Trichosanthes dioica, etc. produced from healthy seeds cultivated with marrow of a female boar and also nourished with the sprinkling of Acorus calamus [e.g., Vacā] always produce seedless fruits”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Acorus calamus L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf., Acorus americanus Raf., Acorus asiaticus Nakai, Acorus calamus auct. non L., Acorus calamus var. americanus (Raf.) H.D. Wulff., Acorus calamus var. americanus Raf., Calamus aromaticus Garsault, Calamus aromaticus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb..

References regarding Acorus calamus L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Medical Flora (1828)
· New Flora and Botany of North America (1836)
· Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) (1852)
· Leaves of Grass (1860)
· Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. (1931)
· Nature (London)
· Research Bulletin (1970)
· Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Botanica (1976)
· Cytologia (1978)
· Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy of Ankara University (1979)
· Taxon (1980)
· Taxon (1983)
· Canad. Journal of Botany (2248)
· Izvestiia Akademii Nauk Belorusskoi SSR: Seriia Biologicheskikh Nauk (1985)
· Botaniceskjij Žurnal SSSR (1985)
· Cytologia (1988)
· Occasional Papers, Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific (1989)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1990)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1783)
· Uses of Plants by the Indians (1991)
· Economic Botany (1994)
· Trop. Biomed. (2004)
· Genome
· Int. Immunopharmacol.
· Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health.
· Phytotherapy Research
· Biotechnol. J.
· Genome Res. (2006)
· Pharmazie. (2006)
· Ann. Bot.
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· Hum. Exp. Toxicol. (2006)
· Methods Find Exp. Clin. Pharmacol. (2007)
· Planta Medica (2007)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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