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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Karbu (कर्बु) is a Sanskrit technical term translating to “variegated”, “spotted” etc. and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita or the Carakasaṃhita.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karbu (कर्बु).—a. Variegated, spotted; कर्बुरूपाः (karburūpāḥ) (nīlāḥ) Y.3.166.

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

Karbu (कर्बु).—adj. Of a spotted or variegated colour, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 166.

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

Karbu (कर्बु).—[adjective] spotted, variegated.

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

Karbu (कर्बु):—[from karbara] mfn. variegated, spotted, [Yājñavalkya iii, 166.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Karbu 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

Karbu (ಕರ್ಬು):—[noun] 'the perennial tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (family: Poaceae), Saccharum officinarum; its tall stout jointed stems from which sugar is made; sugar-cane.'

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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)

Starts with (+4): Karbuda, Karbudar, Karbudara, Karbudarah, Karbudaraka, Karbudomta, Karbugarde, Karbugul, Karbuja, Karbuji, Karbuka, Karbuli, Karbuna, Karbur, Karbura, Karburaka, Karburanga, Karburaphala, Karburatva, Karburi.

Full-text: Karbudara, Karbudaraka, Karbura, Dara, Karvara, Karbara, Kambu.

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 72 - Devotees of Kṛṣṇa Born in Gokula as Cowherdesses < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]

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