Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karalika in India is the name of a plant defined with Corypha umbraculifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bessia sanguinolenta Raf. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum
· Sylva Tellur. (1838)
· Mant. Pl. (1767)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 3
· Taxon
· Fragmenta Botanica (1800)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karālika (करालिक).—

1) A tree.

2) A sword.

-kā Name of Durgā.

Derivable forms: karālikaḥ (करालिकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Karālikā (करालिका).—name of a yoginī, = Karālī: Sādhanamālā 589.15 (verse; probably m.c. -kā).

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

Karālika (करालिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A tree.

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

1) Karālika (करालिक):—[from karāla] m. a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a sword, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Karālikā (करालिका):—[from karālika > karāla] f. Name of Durgā.

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

Karālika (करालिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karalika 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.

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Ends with: Kshudrakaralika.

Full-text: Kshudrakaralika, Karalaka.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Karalika, Karālika, Karālikā; (plurals include: Karalikas, Karālikas, Karālikās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 157 - Boons to Puṣpa by the Sun-god < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 371 - The description of hells (naraka)

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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)

Chapter 11 - On the description of the enclosure walls built of Padmarāga maṇi, etc., of the Maṇi Dvīpa < [Book 12]

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