Kalluri, Kallūri: 3 definitions

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Kalluri means something in the history of ancient India, biology, Tamil. 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.

India history and geography

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.

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

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Biology (plants and animals)

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)

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

Tamil dictionary

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Kallūri (கல்லூரி) [kal-ūri] noun < கல்- [kal-] + ஊர்-. [ur-.] Academy, college, institution where instruction is given in arts and sciences; கல்விபயிலும் இடம். கல்லூரி நற்கொட்டிலா [kalvipayilum idam. kalluri narkottila] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 995).

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Kallūri (கல்லூரி) noun probably from idem. +. Verandah; சுற்றுத்தாழ்வாரம். (பிங்கலகண்டு) தேவாரச்சுற்றுக் கல்லூரியி லிருந்து [surruthazhvaram. (pingalagandu) thevarachurrug kalluriyi lirunthu] (inscription).

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon
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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.

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