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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kalambū (कलम्बू) 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalambū (कलम्बू).—An aquatic pot-herb.

Derivable forms: kalambūḥ (कलम्बूः).

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

Kalambū (कलम्बू).—f.

(-mbūḥ) A potherb: see kalambī, the fem. affix being ūñ.

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

Kalambū (कलम्बू):—[from kalama] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kalambū (कलम्बू):—(mbūḥ) 3. f. A potherb.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalambu 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

Kalaṃbu (ಕಲಂಬು):—[verb] to make (a liquid) muddy by stirring the sediment; to perturb.

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Kalaṃbu (ಕಲಂಬು):—[noun] the tree Anthocephalus indicus (= A. cadamba, = Nauclea cadamba) of Rubiaceae family; cadamba tree.

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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.

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Starts with: Kalambua, Kalambua, Kalambuaia, Kalambuga, Kalambugu, Kalambuka, Kalambuta, Kalambuvaha, Kalambuya.

Ends with: Asrukalambu.

Full-text: Kalamba.

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