Camu, Camū, Cāmu: 22 definitions
Introduction:
Camu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chamu.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaCamū (चमू).—A division of an army. (See Aksauhiṇī)
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5Camū (चमू) is the name of a plant, the petals of which is considered a vegetable fit for use in oblation offerings, according to verse 25.128b-134 of the 8th-century Īśvarasaṃhitā. Accordingly, “... they [eg., Camū] are to be cut with a knife or sickle uttering vīryanantra, shall notice the (presence of the worms), insects and wash them (vegetables) many times, with water. They are to be kept as before, in cooking vessels, either alone or mixed up with each other with salt, pepper, mustards, jīraka, leaves of śrīparṇī, water, waters of the coconut, their fruits and grinded with honey mixed up with ghee, together with pulses, black gram, neem and varieties of green gram with soups. Kinds of green gram and others without soup but with salt and others”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraCamū (चमू) refers to an “armu”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The Moon presides over citadels fortified by hills or by water, over Kosala, Bharukaccha, the sea, the city of Roma, the country of Tuṣāra, dwellers in forests, the islands of Taṅgaṇa, Hala and Strīrājya in the big seas. [...] She also presides over fine white horses, charming young women, commanders of armies (camū-nātha), articles of food, clothes, horned animals, the Rākṣasas, farmers and Śrotiyas. [...]”
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: HinduismCāmu (चामु):—The Sanskrit word for an army consisting of 729 elephants, as many chariots, 2,187 horses and 3,645 soldiers..
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Camu in Togo is the name of a plant defined with Crateva adansonii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Capparis trifoliata Roxb. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1908)
· Fl. Mal. (1960)
· Reliquiae Haenkeanae (1835)
· Botanique (1902)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Camu, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarycamū : (f.) an army.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryCamu, (f.) (Both derivation and exact meaning uncertain. The Vedic camū is a peculiar vessel into wh. the Soma flows from the press. In late Pali & Sk. it means a kind of small army, perhaps a division drawn up more or less in the shape of the Vedic vessel) an army J. II, 22; camūpati a general Mhvs 10, 65; 23, 4; Dāvs. I, 3. (Page 262)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishcamū (चमू).—f An army.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCamū (चमू).—f. [cam-ū Uṇādi-sūtra 1.81]
1) An army (in general); पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् (paśyaitāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmācārya mahatīṃ camūm) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.3; वासवीनां चमूनाम् (vāsavīnāṃ camūnām) Meghadūta 43; गजवती जवतीव्रहया चमूः (gajavatī javatīvrahayā camūḥ) R.9.1.
2) A division of an army consisting of 729 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot.
3) Ved. A dish or vessel.
4) A grave.
Derivable forms: camūḥ (चमूः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCamu (चमु).—(1) as in Sanskrit, host, army, but with masc. ending (otherwise only fem.): mārasya jetuṃ camūn Lalitavistara 276.6 (end of stanza; no v.l.); (2) f., coffin (rare in Sanskrit, only early, see [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. camū 2, and Kauś 48.4): (so mṛtako puruṣo…) camusmiṃ prakṣipitvā subaddhaṃ kṛtvā…Mahāvastu ii.173.6; etāṃ camuṃ 173.12; camuṃ 173.13, 14; 174.4, 9.
Camu can also be spelled as Camū (चमू).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCamū (चमू).—f.
(-mūḥ) 1. An army. 2. A squadron, a division of an army consisting of 129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3685 foot. E. cam to eat or destroy, (the enemy.) and ū Unadi aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCamū (चमू).—f. An army, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 74, 16, consisting of 729 elephants, 729 chariots, 2187 horses, and 3645 foot, Mahābhārata 1, 292.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCamū (चमू).—[feminine] the bottom of the Soma-press; squadron, army.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Camū (चमू):—[from camu-pati] f. ([Vedic or Veda] [locative case] mū, [Ṛg-veda] six times; once mvi, [x, 91, 15]; [nominative case] [dual number] mvā, iii, 55, 20; [genitive case] [locative case] mvos; [nominative case] [plural] mvas, viii, 2, 8; [locative case] [plural] mūṣu) a vessel or part (two or more in number) of the reservoir into which the Soma is poured, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] f. [dual number] mvau ‘the two great receptacles of all living beings’, heaven and earth, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska iii, 30] (cf. [Ṛg-veda iii, 55, 20])
3) [v.s. ...] sg. a coffin (?), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii, 8, 2, 1; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra xiv, 22, 19]
4) [v.s. ...] an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot, [Mahābhārata i, 292]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Meghadūta; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCamū (चमू):—(mūḥ) 3. f. An army, a squadron, 129 elephants, 129 cars, 2187 horse, 3615 foot.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Camū (चमू) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Camū.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryCamu (चमु):—(nf) a division of an army; ~[nāyaka/pati] an army-commander, a general.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryCamū (चमू) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Camū.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCamu (ಚಮು):—[noun] the military force of a nation; an army.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCamu (சமு) noun < camū. Large army consisting of 729 elephants, 729 chariots, 2187 horses and 3645 foot-soldiers; 729 யானைகளும் [yanaigalum] 729 தேர்களும் [therkalum] 2187 குதிரைகளும் [kuthiraigalum] 3645 காலாட் களும் அடங்கிய சேனை. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு). [kalad kalum adangiya senai. (sudamaninigandu).]
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Camū (சமூ) noun See சமு. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [samu. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+86): Camucaki, Camucakicey, Camucara, Camucarakkaran, Camucaram, Camucaravali, Camucaravirutti, Camucari, Camucarimakan, Camucarittolil, Camucayappattavan, Camucayavati, Camuccayam, Camucittan, Camucuceluttu, Camugati, Camuhara, Camukacevai, Camukani, Camukanka.
Ends with: Aticamu, Balacamu, Incamu, Mahacamu.
Full-text (+279): Camupati, Camucara, Camupa, Camupala, Camuhara, Camunayaka, Cham, Camushad, Aticamu, Camunatha, Gajavat, Ba-samu, Gajavant, Samutpatita, Samutsava, Samuttejita, Samutpadana, Samupekshaka, Samu, Samuddhigna.
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Search found 21 books and stories containing Camu, Camū, Cāmu, Chamu, Samoo, Samu; (plurals include: Camus, Camūs, Cāmus, Chamus, Samoos, Samus). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XVII - Śyāmā Jātaka < [Volume II]
Chapter XXVIII - The first Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]
Chapter XXX - The second Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]
From The Absurd to Responsibility-A < [January – March, 1997]
Possessive Case < [July 1954]
“The Stranger” by Albert Camus < [January 1971]
Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
Army Units < [Chapter 5]
Sarga VII: Sainyayoga-kathana (64 Verses) < [Chapter 2]
War Finance (Awards and Rewards) < [Chapter 5]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 1.3 < [Chapter 1 - Sainya-Darśana (Observing the Armies)]