Kadambapushpi, Kadambapuṣpī, Kadamba-pushpi: 5 definitions

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Kadambapushpi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Kadambapuṣpī can be transliterated into English as Kadambapuspi or Kadambapushpi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kadambapuṣpī (कदम्बपुष्पी) is another name for Mahāśrāvaṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.19-21 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Kadambapuṣpī and Mahāśrāvaṇī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

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[«previous next»] — Kadambapushpi in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kadambapuṣpī (कदम्बपुष्पी).—a plant the flowers of which resemble those of Kadamba.

Kadambapuṣpī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kadamba and puṣpī (पुष्पी). See also (synonyms): kadambapuṣpā, kadambakapuṣpā, kadambakapuṣpī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kadambapuṣpī (कदम्बपुष्पी).—f. (-ṣpī) A plant, the flowers of which resemble those of the Kadamba, commonly called Mundiri. E. kadamba, and puṣpa a flower, fem. affix ṅīṣ; also with ṭāp kadambapuṣpā.

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

Kadambapuṣpī (कदम्बपुष्पी):—[=kadamba-puṣpī] [from kadamba-puṣpā > kadamba > kad] f. Name of a plant, [Suśruta]

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

Kadambapuṣpī (कदम्बपुष्पी):—[kadamba-puṣpī] (ṣpī) 3. f. A plant.

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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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