India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Kalluri (“stone village”) refers to one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Medaras: workers in bamboo in the Telugu, Canarese, Oriya and Tamil countries. The Medara people believe that they came from Mahendrachala mountain, the mountain of Indra. They are also known as the Meda, Medarlu or Medarakaran.

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kalluri in India is the name of a plant defined with Ammannia baccifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ammannia wormskioldii var. alata Koehne (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· African Journal of Biomedical Research (2007)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1880)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (Tokyo) (1921)
· Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles (1916)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1985)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Uri, Kal.

Starts with: Kalluricceti, Kalluriga, Kalluriva, Kallurive, Kallurivi.

Ends with: Cikkakalluri, Cirukalluri, Currukkalluri.

Full-text: Cirukalluri, Kalviyuri, Currukkalluri, Kottil, Kalli.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Kalluri, Kallūri, Kal-ūri, Kal-uri; (plurals include: Kalluris, Kallūris, ūris, uris). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Triveni Journal

Reviews < [October 1948]

My Experiences with the Mahaswami < [April – June, 1993]

Are Old People a Global Burden? < [October – December, 1999]

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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)

Chapter 2 - The Hymns, their Compilation and their Name < [Volume 1 - Nampi Arurar’s Tevaram (his life and age)]

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