Karambha, Kārambha, Kārambhā, Karambhā: 17 definitions
Introduction:
Karambha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuKarambhā (करम्भा) is another name for Indīvarā, an unidentified medicinal, according to verse 3.94-95 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Indīvarā has been variously identified with Śatāvara (Asparagus racemosus), Indravāruṇī (Citrullus colocynthis), Ajaśṛṅgī, Indracirbhaṭī, Kadalī, Kuraṇṭikā (Celosia argentea). The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Karambhā and Indīvarā, there are a total of six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaKarambha (करम्भ) refers to a food-preparation (powder of dhānā again fried with butter) according to the Aitareyabrāhmaṇa, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Dhāna and karambha, the Vedic offerings made of barley are referred to in Aitareyabrāhmaṇa. Dhāna is prepared by frying barley with butter. The powder of dhānā again fried with butter was called karambha. Powder of fried barley is known as saktu. Sometimes it is also used to prepare a sweet sticky dish namely yavāśir. [...] Barley preparations like yavāgū, dhāna, yāvaka and apūpa can be seen referred to in Mahābhārata.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyKārambhā (कारम्भा) is a synonym for Priyaṅgu, which is a Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant (Callicarpa macrophylla). It can also be spelled as Kārambha (कारम्भ). It is a technical term used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. This synonym was identified by Amarasiṃha in his Amarakośa (a Sanskrit botanical thesaurus from the 4th century). It is also mentioned as a synonym in the Bhāvaprakāśa-nighaṇṭu (medicinal thesareus) authored by Bhāvamiśra 16th century.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Karambha (करम्भ).—Brother of Rambha, father of Mahiṣāsura. See under Mahiṣa.
2) Karambhā (करम्भा).—A princess of Kaliṅgadeśa. She was married to Akrodha, a King of the Pūruvaṃśa. She was the mother of Devātithi. (Śloka 22, Chapter 95, Ādi Parva).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Karambha (करम्भ).—Of Agastya family.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 202. 1.
1b) The son of Śakuni. Father of Devarāta; a bowman.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 70. 44; Matsya-purāṇa 44. 42; Vāyu-purāṇa 95. 43.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaKarambha (करम्भ) refers to a “preparation of curds mixed with rice or barley-meal” and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 4.64. Nārāyaṇa says it is dadhi?akta [?]. The word occurs in Haradatta’s commentary on Āpastambadharmasūtra 1.5.17.19. The form karaṃba is used in Prākṛta. Cf. Līlāvaī of Koūhala, verse 1110 (see Upadhye’s notes, p. 373). From karamba comes karambita. “intermingled”, “blended”, “pervaded”, e.g., in Naiṣadha-carita 1.85; 11.44; 9.102; 16.94 and 1.115. The form karambana is used in 21.139.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: HinduismKarambha (करम्भ)—One of the food-preparations mentioned in the Ṛg-veda.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Karambha in India is the name of a plant defined with Aglaia odoratissima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aglaia diepenhorstii Miquel (among others).
2) Karambha is also identified with Asparagus racemosus It has the synonym Asparagopsis retrofracta Schweinf. ex Baker (etc.).
3) Karambha is also identified with Daemia extensa It has the synonym Pergularia extensa (Jacq.) N.E. Br. (etc.).
4) Karambha is also identified with Pergularia daemia It has the synonym Asclepias scandens P. Beauv. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris (1834)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1810)
· Tent. Fl. Abyss. (1850)
· Flora Capensis (1908)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarambha (करम्भ).—a.
1) mixed as an odour; करम्भपूतिसौरभ्य (karambhapūtisaurabhya) Bhag. 3.26.45.
2) Roasted; कामधियस्त्वयि रचिता न परम रोहन्ति यथा करम्भबीजानि (kāmadhiyastvayi racitā na parama rohanti yathā karambhabījāni) Bhāgavata 6.16.39.
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Karambha (करम्भ).—1 Flour or meal mixed with curds. सक्तुधानाकरम्भाणां नोपभोग्याश्चिरस्थिताः (saktudhānākarambhāṇāṃ nopabhogyāścirasthitāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.36.33; 7.64.7.
2) Mud; करम्भवालुकातापान् (karambhavālukātāpān) Manusmṛti 12.76 (where the word is variously interpreted; but Medhātithi takes it to mean 'mud').
3) Groats or coarsely ground oats.
4) A mixed odour.
-mbhā 1 Name of a plant (Asparagus Racemosus; Mar. śatāvarī ? vāghāṃṭī)
2) A vessal for churning curds; Rām.2.91.72.
-vālukā Hot sand (punishment in hell); करम्भवालुकास्तप्ता (karambhavālukāstaptā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 18.2.24.
Derivable forms: karambhaḥ (करम्भः).
See also (synonyms): karamba.
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Kārambhā (कारम्भा).—Name of a tree (priyaṅgu).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarambha (करम्भ).—m.
(-mbhaḥ) A cake, flour or meal mixed with curds. E. ka water, and rabhi to send. &c. ac affix; also with kan added karambhaka; also with ravi to sound, &c. karamba, &c. as above.
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Kārambhā (कारम्भा).—f.
(-mbhā) A plant bearing a fragrant seed, commonly Priyangu. kā for ku bad, ārambha beginning; very diminutive while young.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarambha (करम्भ).—I. m. 1. A cake of flour or meal mixed with curds, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 12, 76. 2. Mixture, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 26. 45 (a mixed smell). 3. A proper name, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 39, 35. Ii. f. bhā, A proper name, Mahābhārata 1, 3775.
— Cf. perhaps
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarambha (करम्भ).—[masculine] groats, gruel; poss. mbhin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karambha (करम्भ):—m. groats or coarsely-ground oats etc.
2) a dish of parched grain, a cake or flour or meal mixed with curds, a kind of gruel (generally offered to Pūṣan as having no teeth to masticate hard food), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc.
3) a mixture
4) Name of a poisonous plant, [Suśruta]
5) of a son of Śakuni and father of Devarāta, [Harivaṃśa]
6) of the father of Asura Mahiṣa
7) of a monkey, [Rāmāyaṇa]
8) of a brother of Rambha
9) Karambhā (करम्भा):—[from karambha] f. Asparagus Racemosus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] fennel
11) [v.s. ...] Name of the daughter of a king of Kaliṅga and wife of Akrodhana, [Mahābhārata i, 3775]
12) Karambha (करम्भ):—mfn. mixed (as an odour), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
13) Kārambhā (कारम्भा):—f. (cf. kar), Name of a plant bearing a fragrant seed (commonly Priyaṃgu), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karambha (करम्भ):—(mbhaḥ) 1. m. Cake with curds.
2) Kārambhā (कारम्भा):—[kā-rambhā] (mbhā) 1. f. Priyangu.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKaraṃbha (ಕರಂಭ):—[noun] a dish made of the flour of a parched cereal (Rāgi, paddy,etc.) mixed with curds.
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: Karambhabhaga, Karambhad, Karambhadi, Karambhaka, Karambhapatra, Karambhatta, Karambhava, Karambhavaluka, Karambhavalukatapa.
Ends with: Balikarambha, Campakarambha, Champakarambha, Dvarakarambha, Kanakarambha, Mahakarambha, Samadhikarambha.
Full-text (+14): Balikarambha, Karambhaka, Karamba, Karambhi, Phani, Devatithi, Karambhin, Karambhapatra, Karambhavalukatapa, Karambhabhaga, Kshirakalambha, Karambhavaluka, Karambhad, Pivasphaka, Campakarambha, Karavirakarambhin, Mahakarambha, Indracirbhiti, Rambha, Gulph.
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