Alternative spellings of this word include Chandrabala.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Candrabala in India is the name of a plant defined with Amomum subulatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cardamomum subulatum (Roxb.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Candrabala is also identified with Elettaria cardamomum It has the synonym Amomum ensal Raeusch. (etc.).

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

· Botanico-Medica
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew (1930)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1811)
· Les Figures des Plantes et Animaux d'Usage en Medecine (1764)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (1972)

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

candrabala (चंद्रबल).—n (S) pop. candrabaḷa n Propitiousness of the moon.

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

candrabala (चंद्रबल).—n Propitiousness of the moon.

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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

Candrabālā (चन्द्रबाला).—

1) large cardamoms.

2) moon-light.

Candrabālā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms candra and bālā (बाला).

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

Candrabālā (चन्द्रबाला):—[=candra-bālā] [from candra > cand] f. large cardamoms, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Candrabala 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

Caṃdrabala (ಚಂದ್ರಬಲ):—[noun] (astrol.) the favourable aspect of the moon.

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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)

Partial matches: Bala, Candra.

Ends with: Odhuna Candrabala, Odhuna-candrabala.

Full-text: Bala.

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