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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Kālakhaṇḍa (कालखण्ड) refers to the “liver”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 1.84. The word [also] occurs in the Kāvya texts of Bālarāmāyaṇa 3.6; Haravijaya 46.22 and Māgha 18.77.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Kālakhaṇḍa (कालखण्ड):—Liver. largest organ in the body situated on the right side below the diaphragm

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kalakhanda in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson from the Clusiaceae (Garcinia) family having the following synonyms: Garcinia pictoria, Garcinia tinctoria. For the possible medicinal usage of kalakhanda, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Kalakhanda in India is the name of a plant defined with Garcinia xanthochymus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Garcinia pictoria Buch.-Ham. (among others).

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1805)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1980)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1826)
· Journal of the Indian Botanical Society (1980)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kālakhaṇḍa (कालखंड).—n S The liver.

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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

Kālakhaṇḍa (कालखण्ड).—the liver; स्वादुकारं कालखण्डोपदंशम् (svādukāraṃ kālakhaṇḍopadaṃśam) Śiśupālavadha 18.77.

Derivable forms: kālakhaṇḍam (कालखण्डम्).

Kālakhaṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and khaṇḍa (खण्ड). See also (synonyms): kālakhañja, kālakhañjana.

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

Kālakhaṇḍa (कालखण्ड).—n.

(-ṇḍaṃ) The liver. E. kāla black, and khaṇḍa part.

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

Kālakhaṇḍa (कालखण्ड):—[=kāla-khaṇḍa] [from kāla] n. idem, [Bālarāmāyaṇa]

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

Kālakhaṇḍa (कालखण्ड):—[kāla-khaṇḍa] (ṇḍaṃ) 1. n. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalakhanda 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

Kālakhaṃḍa (ಕಾಲಖಂಡ):—

1) [noun] the largest glandular organ in vertebrate animals, located in the upper or anterior part of the abdomen, which secretes bile, and has an important function in the storage and metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, also helps detoxify many poisonous substances that may be ingested; the liver.

2) [noun] a portion of time, either indefinite or relatively long, characterised by certain events, processes, conditions, etc.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kālakhaṇḍa (कालखण्ड):—n. 1. a portion of time; time division; time period; 2. God; 3. the liver;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Khanda, Kala.

Starts with: Kalakhandahan, Kalakhandana, Kalakhandanavicara.

Ends with: Mahakalakhanda, Utkalakhanda.

Full-text: Kalakhanjana, Kalakhanja, Kalakhandahan, Mahakalakhanda, Purusharthacintamani, Laghucintamani.

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