Kalpataru, Kalpa-taru: 13 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
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1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
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Introduction:

Kalpataru means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Kalptaru.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Kalpataru (कल्पतरु) or Kalpatarurasa is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). Pārvatīśaṅkara is an ayurveda treatment and should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., kalpataru-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

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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 (Regional names)

1) Kalpataru in India is the name of a plant defined with Hippophae rhamnoides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hippophae rhamnoidea St.-Lag. (among others).

2) Kalpataru is also identified with Hippophae salicifolia It has the synonym Hippophae rhamnoides subsp. salicifolia (D. Don) Servettaz (etc.).

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

· Flore des Pyrenées (Bubani) (1897)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
· Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt (1909)
· American Journal of Botany (1935)
· Species Plantarum
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kalpataru, for example chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kalpataru (कल्पतरु).—m (S) kalpadruma m (S) A fabulous tree of Indra's heaven; a tree which yields whatever may be desired. Applied to productive fruit-trees on earth, to a munificent host, a lucrative business &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kalpataru (कल्पतरु) [-druma-vṛkṣa, -द्रुम-वृक्ष].—m latā f A fabulous tree of Indra's heaven. A tree which yields whatever is desired.

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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 dictionary

Kalpataru (कल्पतरु).—

1) one of the trees of heaven or Indra's praradise, fabled to fulfill all desires; आसीत्कल्पतरुच्छायामाश्रिता सुरभिः पथि (āsītkalpatarucchāyāmāśritā surabhiḥ pathi) R.1.75; 17.26; Kumārasambhava 2.39;6.41.

2) a tree supposed to grant all desires; 'wish-yielding tree'; नाबुद्ध कल्पद्रुमतां विहाय जातं तमात्मन्यसिपत्रवृक्षम् (nābuddha kalpadrumatāṃ vihāya jātaṃ tamātmanyasipatravṛkṣam) R.14.48; मृषा न चक्रेऽ- ल्पितकल्पपादपः (mṛṣā na cakre'- lpitakalpapādapaḥ) N.1.15.

3) any productive or bountiful source; निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलम् (nigamakalpatarorgalitaṃ phalam) Bhāgavata 1.1.3.

4) (fig.) a very generous person; सकलार्थिसार्थकल्पद्रुमः (sakalārthisārthakalpadrumaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.

Derivable forms: kalpataruḥ (कल्पतरुः).

Kalpataru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalpa and taru (तरु). See also (synonyms): kalpadruma, kalpapādapa, kalpavṛkṣa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kalpataru (कल्पतरु).—m. a fabulous tree fulfilling all wishes, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 8.

Kalpataru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalpa and taru (तरु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kalpataru (कल्पतरु).—[masculine] the (mythic) Wish or Wonder-tree.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] by Lakṣmidhara. See Kṛtyakalpataru. Vivādakalpataru, Vyavaharakalpataru. Quoted by Hemādri in Dānakhaṇḍa p. 348. 401, by Śūlapāṇi Oxf. 288^a, by Vardhamāna the lawyer L. 1910, by Caṇḍeśvara in Vivādaratnākara, by Mitramiśra Oxf. 295^a, by Vācaspati Oxf. 273, and others.
—Prāyaścittakāṇḍa quoted by Raghunandana in Prāyaścittatattva, Tīrthakāṇḍa quoted by the same in Śuddhitattva, Dānakāṇḍa in Jalāśayotsargātattva, Śrāddhakāṇḍa in Puruṣottamatattva, Pratiṣṭhākāṇḍa in Maṭhādipratiṣṭhātattva.

2) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु):—[dharma] Rādh. 17.
—by Vācaspati (?). Pheh. 12.

3) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु):—See Vedāntakalpataru.

4) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु):—med. by Mallinātha. Np. V, 30.

5) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु):—by Lakṣmīdhara. Quoted by Śūlapāṇi Oxf. 283^a.

6) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु):—med. See Vaidyakalpataru.

7) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु):—[tantric] in 5 chapters, called Saṃtānaka, Kalpavṛkṣa, Haricandana, Pārijāta, Mandāraka, by Rāghavadeva, son of Rāmānanda. L. 3311.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kalpataru (कल्पतरु):—[=kalpa-taru] [from kalpa] m. one of the five trees (cf. pañca-vṛkṣa) of Svarga or Indra’s paradise fabled to fulfil all desires (cf. saṃkalpa-viṣaya), the wishing tree, tree of plenty, [Hitopadeśa; Pañcatantra; Raghuvaṃśa i, 75, xvii, 26]

2) [v.s. ...] any productive or bountiful source, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, 1, 3]

3) [v.s. ...] ([figuratively]) a generous person, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of various works

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalpataru in German

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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 dictionary

Kalpataru (कल्पतरु) [Also spelled kalptaru]:—(nm) a mythological tree or plant that is supposed to grant all desires.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kalpataru (ಕಲ್ಪತರು):—

1) [noun] (myth.) a wish-yielding tree of the Heavens.

2) [noun] (fig.) a person who grants to another all that is wished for.

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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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