In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kalambukā (कलम्बुका) 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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: HereNow4u: Lord Śrī Mahāvīra

Kalambukā (कलम्बुका) or Nāṃgalā is the name of a village visited by Mahāvīra during his fifth year of spiritual-exertion.—After moving ahead (from Āvarta), they reached ‘Kalambukā’, where the rulers of the mountainous region were two brothers, Megha and Kālahastī.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kalambukā, (f.)=kalambaka D. III, 87 (vv. ll. kaladukā, kalabakā) the translation (Dial. III, 84) has “bamboo. ” (Page 198)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kalambukā (कलम्बुका):—[from kalama] f. Convolvulus repens, [Jaina literature]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kalambukā (कलम्बुका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kalaṃbuā, Kalaṃbugā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalambuka 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)

Full-text: Kalambua, Kalambuga, Nangala, Avarta, Vajraradha, Shubhraradha, Kalamba, Ajaya, Radha, Ladha.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 16: Gośāla’s misconduct < [Chapter III - Mahāvīra’s first six years as an ascetic]

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