Kamali, Kamalī, Kāmalī: 9 definitions
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Kamali means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Kamalī (कमली).—A daughter of king Reṇuka of Ikṣvāku line. Hence Reṇukā; wife of Jamadagni; mother of Paraśurāma.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 66. 61.
2) Kāmalī (कामली).—Another name for Reṇukā.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 90.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryKāmali.—(EI 24), often written as kambalin, which means ‘a bull’; a levy probably on prize bullocks (cf. vara-balīvarda). Cf. yamali-kambali. Note: kāmali is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kamali in Papua New Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Plectranthus scutellarioides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coleus verschaffeltii Lem. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Calyx (1997)
· Labiatarum Genera et Species (1832)
· Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München (1968)
· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. (1826)
· Labiatae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago (1995)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (Wallich) (1830)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kamali, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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 Dictionarykāmaḷī (कामळी).—See under kāmbaḷā.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kāmalī (कामली):—[from kāmala > kāma] f. Name of a daughter of Reṇu (also called Reṇukā), [Harivaṃśa 1453.]
2) Kāmali (कामलि):—[from kāma] m. a descendant of Kamala, Name of a pupil of Vaiśampāyana, [Pāṇini 4-3, 104; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
3) [v.s. ...] [gana] taulvaly-ādi in the [Kāśikā-vṛtti]
[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 dictionaryKamalī (कमली):—(nf) a small blanket.
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Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKamali (கமலி) noun probably from idem. A prepared arsenic. See குங்குமபாஷாணம். (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [kungumapashanam. (vaithiya muligai)]
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: Kamalika, Kamalila, Kamalin, Kamalindo, Kamalini, Kamalinibandhu, Kamalinidala, Kamalinika, Kamalinikalahamsa, Kamalinikanta, Kamalinivaraca Bindu, Kamalitos.
Ends with: Atikamali, Dekamali, Dikamali, Gorakamali, Irukkamali, Pankamali, Suryakamali, Vainakamali, Yamalikamali, Yekkamali.
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