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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kambumālinī (कम्बुमालिनी) is another name for Śaṅkhapuṣpī, a medicinal plant identified with Convolvulus microphyllus, synonym of Convolvulus prostratus (prostrate bindweed) from the Convolvulaceae or “morning glory” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.132-134 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Kambumālinī and Śaṅkhapuṣpī, there are a total of twelve Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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)

Kambumalini in India is the name of a plant defined with Xanthium strumarium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Xanthium canadense Mill. (among others).

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

· Flora Caroliniana (1788)
· Collectanea Botanica a Barcinonensi Botanico Instituto Edita (1987)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1897)
· Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series (1919)
· FBI (1881)
· Compositae Newsletter (1995)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kambumalini, for example health benefits, chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kambumālinī (कम्बुमालिनी):—[=kambu-mālinī] [from kambu] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Malini, Kambu.

Full-text: Kambupushpi, Shankhapushpi.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Kambumalini, Kambu-malini, Kambu-mālinī, Kambumālinī; (plurals include: Kambumalinis, malinis, mālinīs, Kambumālinīs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Ancient Science of Life

Phyto – chemistry and pharmacology of shankapushpi – four varieties < [Volume 7 (issue 3-4), Jan-Jun 1988]

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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Updated review on advanced herbal technology < [2024: Volume 13, January issue 1]

Natural drugs as cognitive enhancer < [2022: Volume 11, May special issue 6]

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Controversial identities of medicinal plants in classical literature of Ayurveda < [Volume 11 (issue 4), Oct-Dec 2020]