Campana: 4 definitions

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Campana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Champana.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Campana in Central and South America is the name of a plant defined with Brugmansia arborea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Datura cornigera Hook. (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2002)
· Phytotherapy Res. (2003)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. (1840)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1895)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Campana (चम्पन):—[from camp] n. a jump (?), [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha i, 71.]

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Campana 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Cāṃpanā (चांपना):—(v) to press.

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