Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kalamaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Eclipta prostrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Polygyne inconspicua Phil. (among others).

2) Kalamaka in Madagascar is also identified with Phaseolus lunatus It has the synonym Dolichos tonkinensis Bui-QuangChieu (etc.).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1985)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1862)
· Cent. Observationes Botanicae (1806)
· Mémoires Présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1833)
· Egyptian Journal of Botany (1997)
· Flora Orientalis (1875)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalāmaka (कलामक).—A kind of rice ripening in the cold season.

Derivable forms: kalāmakaḥ (कलामकः).

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

Kalāmaka (कलामक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A kind of rice ripening in the cold season: see kalama.

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

Kalāmaka (कलामक):—m. a kind of rice (ripening in the cold season), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. kalama.)

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

Kalāmaka (कलामक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A kind of rice ripening in the cold season.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalamaka 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kalamakaa chari, Kalamakasai.

Ends with: Lamakalamaka.

Full-text: Kalama.

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