The Sanskrit terms Kaḷavaḷa and Kalavāḷa can be transliterated into English as Kalavala or Kaliavalia or Kalavalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Kalavāḷa (कलवाऌअ) or Kalavāḷagāmaka is the name of an ancient locality situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—From the Dhammapada Commentary we know that the village of Kalavāḷa was in the Magadharaṭṭha. We are told that while residing near this village Moggallāna fell into sloth on the 7th day after the day of his reception into the Order. Aroused by the Master, Moggallāna shook off sloth and completed meditation leading to the three higher paths and attained the goal of Perfection of Knowledge of chief disciples.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Kālavāḻa or Kālavāḻā.—(EI 24), designation of uncertain meaning if it is not the same as Sanskrit Kalyapāla, a vintner. Note: kālavāḻa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kalavala in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Pavonia odorata Willd. from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family. For the possible medicinal usage of kalavala, 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)

Kala-vala in India is the name of a plant defined with Pavonia odorata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hibiscus oligosandrus Buch-Ham. (among others).

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

· Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes Decem (1786)
· Taxon (1980)
· Species Plantarum. (1822)
· Blumea (1966)
· Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift (1863)
· Flora of the British Ind. (1874)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kala-vala, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kaḷavaḷa (कळवळ).—f kaḷavaḷā m The yearnings of tenderness or compassion.

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

kaḷavaḷa (कळवळ).—f-ḷā m The yearnings of com- passion.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālavāla (कालवाल).—[adjective] black-tailed.

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

Kālavāla (कालवाल):—[=kāla-vāla] [from kāla] n. a kind of black earth, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa] (cf. -pālaka.)

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalavala 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

Kaḷavaḷa (ಕಳವಳ):—

1) [noun] a state of being uneasy, apprehensive or worried about what may happen; concern about a possible future event; anxiety; restlessness; uneasiness.

2) [noun] the fact or condition of being bewildered; bewilderment.

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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)

Partial matches: Vala, Kala.

Starts with: Kalagavalage, Kalavalagol, Kalavalakkam, Kalavalambadu, Kalavalana, Kalavalanem, Kalavalapadu.

Full-text: Kalavada, Kalavalike, Padmanabha, Kalavaram, Bembi.

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