The Sanskrit term Kāmavṛddhi can be transliterated into English as Kamavrddhi or Kamavriddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kāmavṛddhi (कामवृद्धि) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant possibly identified with Blepharis edulis Linn. or “uttanjan” from the Acanthaceae or “acanthus” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.196-197 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.

Kāmavṛddhi is mentioned as having six synonyms: Smaravṛddhi, Manojavṛddhi, Madanāyuddha, Kandarpajīva, Jitendriyāhva, Kāmopajīva and Jīva.

Properties and characteristics: “the seed of this drug (i.e., Kāmavṛddhi) is sweet (madhura) and promotes strength and libido. It is appetiser and helps in the development of the male organ (indriya-vṛddhida)”.

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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)

Kamavrddhi in India is the name of a plant defined with Blepharis ciliaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ruellia persica Burm.f. (among others).

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

· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1806)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Systema Naturae ed. 12 (1767)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kamavrddhi, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, pregnancy safety, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāmavṛddhi (कामवृद्धि).—f. increase of passion.

Derivable forms: kāmavṛddhiḥ (कामवृद्धिः).

Kāmavṛddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāma and vṛddhi (वृद्धि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāmavṛddhi (कामवृद्धि).—f.

(-ddhiḥ) 1. A shrub, commonly Kamaja, of supposed aphrodisial properties. 2. Increase of passion or desire. E. kāma, and vṛddhi increase.

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

1) Kāmavṛddhi (कामवृद्धि):—[=kāma-vṛddhi] [from kāma] f. increase of sexual desire or passion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a shrub of supposed aphrodisiac properties (called Kāma-ja in the Karṇāṭaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kāmavṛddhi (कामवृद्धि):—[kāma-vṛddhi] (ddhiḥ) 2. f. Increase of desire; the shrub Kāmaja.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kamavriddhi 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāmavṛddhi (ಕಾಮವೃದ್ಧಿ):—

1) [noun] excessiveness of desire for copulation.

2) [noun] a kindof plant.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vriddhi, Kama.

Full-text: Kandarpajiva, Jivasamjna, Manojavriddhi, Smaravriddhi, Madanayusha, Kamopajiva, Jitendriyahva, Madanayuddha, Jitendriya, Jiva.

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