The Sanskrit term Kaḷivā can be transliterated into English as Kaliva or Kaliiva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kaliva in India is the name of a plant defined with Carissa carandas in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Damnacanthus esquirolii H. Lév. (among others).

2) Kaliva is also identified with Ximenia americana It has the synonym Heymassoli spinosa Aubl. (etc.).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1984)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1987)
· Fl. Cochinch. (1790)
· Flora Neotropica (1984)
· The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica (1756)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kaliva, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Kaliva 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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kaḷivā (களிவா) [kaḷivātal [kaḷivarutal]] [kaḷi-vā] intransitive verb < idem. +. To be blissful; மகிழ்வடைதல். கள்ளப்படாத களிவந்த வான்கருணை [magizhvadaithal. kallappadatha kalivantha vankarunai] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 10, 16).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kali, Va.

Starts with: Kali-vaynancan, Kali-vaynilam, Kalivada, Kalivaeru gaddi, Kalivagal, Kalivan, Kalivana, Kalivannu, Kalivara, Kalivari, Kalivarjya, Kalivarjyanirnaya, Kalivarjyaprakarana, Kalivarjyaviveka, Kalivattai, Kalivattam.

Full-text: Kavila, Kalivya.

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