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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Karbudāra (शाल्मलि) is a Sanskrit word referring to Bauhinia variegata (orchid tree), from the Fabaceae family. Certain plant parts of Karbudāra are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”.

According to the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 10.23-24), the orchid tree (karbudāra) has the following synonyms: Kovidāra, Kāñcanāraka, Kāñcanāra, Kāñcana, Kāntapuṣpa, Mahāpuṣpa, Pītapuṣpa, Raktapuṣpa, Kanakāraka, Karaka, Kāntāra, Kuddāla, Yamalacchada, Yugmapattra, Suvarṇāra, Āsphota, Kuṇḍalī, Kuṇḍalin, Girija, Campa and Vidala.

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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)

1) Karbudara in India is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia variegata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phanera variegata (L.) Benth. (among others).

2) Karbudara is also identified with Cordia wallichii It has the synonym Cordia obliqua var. tomentosa (Wall.) Kazmi, nom. superfl. (etc.).

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

· Cuscatlania (1979)
· Reinwardtia (1956)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Listados Floristicos de Mexico (1983)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1852)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1975)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Karbudara, for example health benefits, chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karbudāra (कर्बुदार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Mountain ebony: see kobidāra. 2. Blue barleria: see nīlajhiṇṭī.

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

1) Karbudāra (कर्बुदार):—[=karbu-dāra] [from karbu > karbara] m. Bauhinia candida, [Suśruta; Caraka]

2) [v.s. ...] Bauhinia variegata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Barleria caerulea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Karbudāra (कर्बुदार):—(raḥ) 1. m. Mountain ebony.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karbudara 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karbu, Dara.

Starts with: Karbudarah, Karbudaraka.

Ends with: Bhukarbudara.

Full-text (+2): Karcudara, Kanakaraka, Suvarnara, Campa, Kantapushpa, Pitapushpa, Yamalacchada, Kuddala, Girija, Kancanaraka, Karaka, Kantara, Kancanara, Mahapushpa, Yugmapattra, Vidala, Kundali, Raktapushpa, Kancana, Kovidara.

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