Kalanja, Kalañja, Kalamja: 9 definitions

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Kalanja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Kalañja (कलञ्ज) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Nicotiana tabacum Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning kalañja] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalañja (कलञ्ज).—

1) A bird.

2) A deer or any other animal struck with a poisoned weapon.

3) Tobacco.

4) A particular weight (= 1 Rūpakas).

-ñjam Flesh of such an animal.

Derivable forms: kalañjaḥ (कलञ्जः).

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

Kalañja (कलञ्ज).—mfn.

(-ñjaḥ-ñjā-ñjaṃ) An animal struck with a poisoned weapon. 2. Tobacco. 3. Ten tolas.

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

Kalañja (कलञ्ज).—[masculine] tobacco.

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

1) Kalañja (कलञ्ज):—m. Calamus Rotang

2) tobacco

3) a particular weight (= 10 Rūpakas), [Bhāvaprakāśa]

4) an animal (struck with a poisonous weapon), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) n. the flesh of such an animal, [Nyāyamālā-vistara]

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

Kalañja (कलञ्ज):—(ñjaḥ) 1. m. An animal struck with a poisoned weapon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalanja 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kalaṃja (ಕಲಂಜ):—

1) [noun] the soft, white seed-hairs filling the seedpods of the shrubby plant Gossypium herbaceum; cotton.

2) [noun] a leaf of the plant Nicotina tabacum, mainly used for cigarettes, beedies, and for chewing.

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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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