Cinnamon: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Cinnamon means something in the history of ancient India, 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.
India history and geography
Source: Google Books: Ellicott's Bible Commentary: Volume 1Cinnamon (produce of Cinnamomum zeylanicum) is the name of a spice, believed to be imported in ancient times from India or Ceylon by the Arabians who passed it to Egypt/Greece through the Phoenicians.—While myrrh was one of the commonest of spices in the ancient world, cinnamon was one of the rarest. It is the produce of the Laurus cinnamomum, or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, a tree allied to the laurel, which now grows only in Ceylon, Borneo, Sumatra, China, Cochin China, and in India on the coast of Malabar. According to Herodotus (iii. 111) and Strabo (16, p. 535), it grew anciently in Arabia; but this is doubted, and the Arabians are believed to have imported it from India or Ceylon, and passed it on to the Phoenicians, who conveyed it to Egypt and Greece. The present passage of Scripture is the first in which it is mentioned, and in the rest of the Old Testament it obtains notice only twice (Proverbs 7:16; Song of Solomon 4:14). The word used, which is kinnĕmôn, makes it tolerably certain that the true cinnamon is meant.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Cinnamon in English is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum verum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Camphora mauritiana Lukman. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1826)
· Eph. Nat. Cur. Dec.
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1892)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Cinnamon berry, Cinnamon fern, Cinnamon jasmine, Cinnamon sedge, Cinnamon tree.
Ends with: Bastard cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon, Chinese cinnamon, Country cinnamon, Little cinnamon, Mindanao cinnamon, True cinnamon, Wild cinnamon, Yellow cinnamon.
Full-text (+109): Dalacini, Tvaca, Coca, Vanapriya, Varashita, Darusita, Trijataka, Ramavallabha, Yellow cinnamon, Ilavankappattai, Bastard cinnamon, Daalchini, Little cinnamon, Mindanao cinnamon, Country cinnamon, Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamon fern, Cinnamon berry, Cinnamon sedge, True cinnamon.
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Search found 25 books and stories containing Cinnamon; (plurals include: Cinnamons). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 38 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (10): Markandeya rasa < [Chapter III - Jvaratisara fever with diarrhoea]
The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)
A Short history of Lanka (by Humphry William Codrington)
Chapter IX - The Dutch occupation (1656 AD—1796 AD)
Chapter VIII - The decline of the Portuguese power (1635 AD—1656 AD)
Chapter VI - The Kotte dynasty and its Portuguese allies (1412 AD—1550 AD)
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 7 - The Pharmaceutics of Turpeth (trivrit-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]
Chapter 3 - The Purging Cassia (aragvadha) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 29 - The therapeutics of Rheumatic Conditions (vata-shonita-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Indian Medicinal Plants (by Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar)
33. Uvaria narum, Wall. < [Annonaceae (custard apple family)]
29. Dillenia indica, Linn. < [Dilleniaceae family]
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