Kalmashi, Kālmāṣī, Kalmāṣī: 4 definitions
Introduction:
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The Sanskrit terms Kālmāṣī and Kalmāṣī can be transliterated into English as Kalmasi or Kalmashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKalmāṣī (कल्माषी).—A river. It was while travelling by the side of this river, that King Drupada reached a Brāhmaṇa village where he happened to meet Upayāja. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 166). Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 78, Verse 16 says that it was on the bank of this river that the sage Bhṛgu blessed Yudhiṣṭhira. (Modern scholars believe that Kanmāṣī. is the same as the present river Yamunā).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuKālmāṣī (काल्माषी) is another name for Vākucī, a medicinal plant identified with Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (“Babchi”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.62-65 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Kālmāṣī and Vākucī, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsKalmashi [कलमाशी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Justicia procumbens subsp. procumbens from the Acanthaceae (Acanthus) family having the following synonyms: Rostellularia procumbens, Justicia micrantha, Justicia hirtella. For the possible medicinal usage of kalmashi, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kalmāṣī (कल्माषी):—[from kalmāṣa] f. the speckled cow (of Jamad-agni, granting all desires), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a river (the Yamunā), [Mahābhārata i, 6360]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kalmashita.
Ends with: Nishkalmashi.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
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