Calika, Cālika, Cālikā: 3 definitions

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Calika means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A village near the Calikapabbata, where the Buddha spent the vassas of the thirteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth years after the Enlightenment (BuA.3).

His attendant on one of these visits was Meghiya. Close to Calika was the village of Jantu where Meghiya went for alms. In the neighbourhood was the river Kimikala, on whose banks was a mango grove (A.iv.354; Ud.iv.1; DhA.i.287f).

Outside the city gate and all around the city was a bog (cala panka), owing to which the city gave the impression of moving, hence the name (UdA.217; AA.ii.793). v.l. Jalika.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Calika in India is the name of a plant defined with Aristolochia bracteata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Calika is also identified with Bombax ceiba It has the synonym Salmalia malabarica Schott. & Endl.) (Gossampinus Schott & Endl., a variant of gossympinus, a Latin name used by Plinius for the cotton tree, Gossypium arboreum L. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Lingnan Science Journal (1928)
· Taxon (1961)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Taxon (1979)
· Hortus Malabaricus

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Caḷika (ಚಳಿಕ):—[noun] the quality of being active, energetic, lively or alert.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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