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Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Kaphala (कफल) [?] (in Chinese: Kia-p'o-lo) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Kṛttikā or Kṛttikānakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Kṛttikā] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Kaphala] for the sake of protection and prosperity.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Anamirta cocculus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Menispermum lacunosum Lam. (among others).

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

· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1821)
· Systema Naturae (1817)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Hortus Malabaricus
· Taxon (1979)
· Prodr. Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ Orient. (1834)

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

kāphalā (काफला).—m ( A) A body of pilgrims or travelers, a caravan.

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

kāphalā (काफला).—m A caravan. kāpalā tarī āpalā Beat and half-kill one's own, still it is one's own (child &c.).

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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

Kaphala (कफल).—a. Phlegmatic.

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Kāphala (काफल).—A bitter seed (Mar. kāyaphaḷa).

Derivable forms: kāphalaḥ (काफलः).

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

Kāphala (काफल).—m.

(-laḥ) A bitter seed; see kaṭphala. E. kā bad, and phala fruit.

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

Kaphala (कफल).—[kapha + la], adj. Phlegmatic, causing or exciting phlegm, [Suśruta] 1, 224, 7.

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

1) Kaphala (कफल):—[from kapha] mfn. phlegmatic, [Suśruta]

2) Kāphala (काफल):—[=kā-phala] m. = kaṭphala, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kāphala (काफल):—[kā-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. A bitter seed.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kaphala 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.

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Partial matches: Phala, Ka.

Ends with (+21): Amalakaphala, Amanaskaphala, Amlikaphala, Amshakaphala, Anashakaphala, Anushamgikaphala, Bahuvarakaphala, Chikkaphala, Churikaphala, Ekaphala, Kakaphala, Kalkaphala, Kanakaphala, Kantakaphala, Kantkaphala, Karkaphala, Katukaphala, Kaushikaphala, Kimpakaphala, Kimpakkaphala.

Full-text: Kaphapraya, Kapilaphala, Karanjaphalaka, Karburaphala, Kapikacchuphalopama, Kantakaphala, Bahuvaraka, Sabra, Kantaphala, Kiya, Kiay, Krittika, Apana.

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