Kaleyaka, Kāleyaka: 11 definitions

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Kaleyaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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)

Kaleyaka (कलेयक) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Santalum album 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 and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes.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 kaleyaka] 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).

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Kāleyaka (कालेयक) is identified with a certain “fragrant wood”, and is used in a recipe for the attraction of 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 10, “on the catching of elephants”]: “8. When bathed with varā (some plant), aloes, the bark of trees with milky juices, māleya (cardamoms?), kāleyaka (a fragrant wood), the root of Andropogon muricatus, and Symplocos racemosa, with (mixed in) very cool water in jars, the cow is made seductive to male elephants”.

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus
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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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Biology (plants and animals)

Kaleyaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Crocus sativus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Safran officinarum Medik. (among others).

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

· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Irid. Gen. (1827)
· Fl. Ital. (1860)
· Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains (1834)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kaleyaka, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)
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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Kāleyaka (कालेयक).—A kind of aloe wood.

-kam 1 A fragrant wood.

2) The black sandal wood; मधुकरकुलकलङ्ककालीकृत- कालेयककुसुमकुड्मलेषु (madhukarakulakalaṅkakālīkṛta- kāleyakakusumakuḍmaleṣu) K.

3) A disease like jaundice.

-kaḥ A dog, hound.

Derivable forms: kāleyakaḥ (कालेयकः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāleyaka (कालेयक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A sort of curcuma, (C. zanthorhiza, Rox.) see kālīyaka. n.

(-kaṃ) A yellow fragrant wood. E. kan added to the preceding word.

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

Kāleyaka (कालेयक).—[kāleya + ka], I. n. A yellow fragrant wood, [Suśruta] 1, 146, 3. Ii. m. 1. One of the interior parts of the body not yet identified, [Suśruta] 1, 208, 3. 2. A kind of jaundice, [Suśruta] 2, 469. 4.

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

1) Kāleyaka (कालेयक):—[from kāla] a m. the plant Curcuma xanthorrhiza, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a particular part of the intestines (different [from] the liver), [Suśruta]

3) [v.s. ...] a disease like jaundice, [Suśruta]

4) [v.s. ...] a dog (for kaul), [Harṣacarita]

5) [v.s. ...] n. a fragrant wood, [Rāmāyaṇa]

6) b See p. 278, col. 1.

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

Kāleyaka (कालेयक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A sort of curcuma. n. A fragrant wood.

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

[Sanskrit to German]

Kaleyaka 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

Kālēyaka (ಕಾಲೇಯಕ):—[noun] the plant Curcuma xanthorrhiza of Zingiberaceae family.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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