Kacalavana, Kācalavaṇa, Kaca-lavana: 7 definitions
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Kacalavana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Kachalavana.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykācalavaṇa (काचलवण).—n ( H) A factitious salt.
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 dictionaryKācalavaṇa (काचलवण).—black salt or soda.
Derivable forms: kācalavaṇam (काचलवणम्).
Kācalavaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāca and lavaṇa (लवण). See also (synonyms): kācamala, kācasaṃbhava, kācasauvarcala.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKācalavaṇa (काचलवण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Black salt, a medicinal salt, prepared by calcining fossile salt and the fruit of the emblic myrobalan together. It consists chiefly of muriate of soda, with a small quantity of iron, lime and sulphur, and is a tonic aperient. E. kāca alkaline ashes, and lavaṇa salt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKācalavaṇa (काचलवण):—[=kāca-lavaṇa] [from kāca] n. black salt (a medicinal salt prepared by calcining fossil salt and the fruit of the Emblic myrobalan together; it consists chiefly of muriate of soda with a small quantity of iron, lime, and sulphur, and is a tonic aperient, [Horace H. Wilson]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKācalavaṇa (काचलवण):—[kāca-lavaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Idem.
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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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Partial matches: Lavana, Kaca.
Starts with: Kacalavanam.
Full-text: Kacamala, Kacasauvarccala, Krishnalavana, Kacalavanam, Hayagandha, Kacasambhava, Kacasauvarcala, Pakaja, Nilaka, Kaca.
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