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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kalambī (कलम्बी) is another name (synonym) for Kalamba, which is the Sanskrit word for Ipomoea aquatica (water spinach), a plant from the Convolvulaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu, which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Kalamba are eaten as a vegetable (śāka).

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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

Kalambi in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. from the Convolvulaceae (Morning glory) family. For the possible medicinal usage of kalambi, 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)

Kalambi in India is the name of a plant defined with Ipomoea aquatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Convolvulus reptans L. (among others).

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

· Flora Indica (1768)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1984)
· Cytologia (1979)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Novae Plantarum Species (1821)
· Cytologia (1992)

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

kaḷambī (कळंबी).—f The mizen or after sail.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kaḷambī (कळंबी).—f The mizen or after-sail.

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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

Kalambī (कलम्बी).—

1) The stem or stalk (of a potherb).

2) The end or point, angle.

See also (synonyms): kaḍamba, kalamba, kaḍambī.

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Kalāmbi (कलाम्बि).—f. (kā?)

1) Lending, loan.

2) Usury.

Derivable forms: kalāmbiḥ (कलाम्बिः).

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

Kalāmbi (कलाम्बि).—f.

(-mbiḥ) Lending, a loan: see the next.

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

1) Kalambī (कलम्बी):—[from kalamba > kalama] f. Convolvulus repens, [Harivaṃśa]

2) Kalāmbi (कलाम्बि):—f. lending, usury, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kalāmbi (कलाम्बि):—[kalā+mbi] (mbiḥ) 2. f. Lending; a loan.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalambi 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

Kalaṃbi (ಕಲಂಬಿ):—

1) [noun] a moveable cupboard or ward-robe.

2) [noun] a long, narrow, open container of wood, stone, etc. for holding water or food for animals; a trough.

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Kalaṃbi (ಕಲಂಬಿ):—[noun] the herb Convolvulus repens.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kalambika, Kalampi, Kalampiti.

Ends with: Kalampi.

Full-text: Kalambika, Kalamba, Kalambu, Kalabi, Kadambi, Utpoy, Kadamba, Kancana.

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