Kalavarna, Kala-varna, Kālavarṇa: 3 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Kālavarṇa (कालवर्ण) refers to the “black color” (of certain elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: “15. The colors of elephants are fourfold: tawny, yellow, black (kālavarṇa), and white [haripītakāladhavalā varṇāścaturdhā]; respectively from blood mingled with gall, from blood mingled with phlegm, from gall, and from phlegm they are produced, be it known, like unto (a peacock’s) tail feathers, to gold, to a cloud, and to moonlight. But among these that black one alone exists here on earth; the other three are in the heavenly world”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Kālavarṇa (कालवर्ण):—Black colour
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 Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Kālavarṇa (कालवर्ण) is the name of a Kumbhāṇḍa appointed as one of the Divine protector deities of Mathurā, according to chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective kingdoms of Jambudvīpa [e.g., the Kumbhāṇḍa Kālavarṇa in Mathurā], resembling the time of the past Buddhas.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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