In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Kāmbojī (काम्बोजी) is another name for Māṣaparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Teramnus labialis from the Fabaceae, or “pea family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.30-33 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Kāmbojī and Māṣaparṇī, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Kāmbojī (काम्बोजी) is also mentioned as a synonym for Vākucī, a medicinal plant identified with Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (“Babchi”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.62-65. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Kāmbojī and Vākucī, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)

Kambojī (कम्बोजी) refers to one the twenty-four Horā (astronomical) Goddess to be invoked during pūjā (ritual offering) in Tantric Buddhism, according to the 9th-century Vajraḍākatantra chapter 18.61-74. [...] A Yogin, putting a vessel in the left side of him, offers various things together with raw flesh, fish, immortal nectar (pañcāmṛta). Then the Yogin invites Goddesses to please them with nectar—five Ḍākinīs and twenty-four Goddesses [viz., Kambojī] come to the Yogin’s place, forming a maṇḍala.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kamboji [काम्बोजी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Phyllanthus retusus, Breynia patens. For the possible medicinal usage of kamboji, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

1) Kamboji in India is the name of a plant defined with Abrus precatorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Abrus cyaneus R. Vig. (among others).

2) Kamboji is also identified with Adenanthera pavonina It has the synonym Adenanthera polita Miq. (etc.).

3) Kamboji is also identified with Aristida setacea It has the synonym Aristida quinqueseta Steud. (etc.).

4) Kamboji is also identified with Teramnus labialis It has the synonym Galactia diversifolia Hoehne (etc.).

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

· Revista do Museu Paulista. (1918)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1992)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1987)
· Journal of the Linnean Society Bot. (1865)
· Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris (1836)
· Willdenowia (1986)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kamboji, (m. , nt.) (meaning & etym. unexplained) the plant Cassia tora or alata J. III, 223 (°gumba=elagalāgumba; vv. ll. kammoja° & tampo° (for kambo°)). (Page 190)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāmbojī (काम्बोजी).—f. A kind of plant (māṣaparṇī, hiṃguparṇī).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kāmbojī (काम्बोजी).—name of a rākṣasī: Mahā-Māyūrī 240.23; compare kamboja

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

1) Kāmbojī (काम्बोजी):—[from kāmboja] f. the plant Glycine debilis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of Mimosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the tree Abrus precatorius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] the plant Serratula anthelminthica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Kāmboji (काम्बोजि):—[from kāmboja] f. (metrically for kāmbojī) the plant Glycine debilis, [Suśruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kamboji 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

Kāṃbōji (ಕಾಂಬೋಜಿ):—

1) [noun] = ಕಾಂಬೋದಿ [kambodi].

2) [noun] a horse bred in Afghanistan.

3) [noun] the tree Acacia leucophloea (= Mimosa leucophloea) of Mimosae family; white babool.

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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)

Starts with: Kambojika, Kambojini.

Ends with: Krishna-kamboji, Shvetakamboji, Shvetkamboji.

Full-text: Kambhojaka, Kamboja, Elagala, Krishna-kamboji, Shvetakamboji, Upama, Lanchana, Deshyokti, Rudhita, Svabhava, Svabhavata, Adidesha, Hora, Vakuci, Mashaparni, Virya, Aushadha.

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