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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kamalottara (कमलोत्तर) is another name (synonym) for Kusumbha, which is the Sanskrit word for Carthamus tinctorius (safflower), a plant from the Asteraceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu, which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Kalamba are eaten as a vegetable (śāka).

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kamalottara in India is the name of a plant defined with Carthamus tinctorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

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

· Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences (1997)
· Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry (2008)
· The American Journal of Chinese Medicine (2002)
· Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica (1985)
· Flora of Iran (1980)
· Crop Science (Madison) (1982)

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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kamalottara (कमलोत्तर).—safflower.

Derivable forms: kamalottaram (कमलोत्तरम्).

Kamalottara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kamala and uttara (उत्तर).

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

Kamalottara (कमलोत्तर).—n.

(-raṃ) Safflower, (Carthamus tinctorius.) E. kamala, and uttara best, excellent.

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

Kamalottara (कमलोत्तर):—[from kamala > kam] n. safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kamalottara (कमलोत्तर):—[kamalo+ttara] (raṃ) 1. n. Safflower.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kamalottara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kamalōttara (ಕಮಲೋತ್ತರ):—[noun] the plant Carthamus tinctorius of Asteraceae family; safflower; and its seed.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Uttara, Kamala.

Starts with: Kamalottaram.

Full-text: Kamalottaram, Kusumbha.

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