Alternative spellings of this word include Karbur.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Karbura (कर्बुर) refers to a “spotted” sun, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.34. Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] When Vīrabhadra set off thus, bad omens were seen by Dakṣa and the Devas. [...] [...] The quarters became dirty and gloomy. The sun appeared spotted (karbura) and terrifying with thousands of circlets all round”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kārbūra (कार्बूर).—The colour of the 14th Manu Sāvarṇi.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 26. 46.

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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)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Karbura (कर्बुर):—Multiple colour

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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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Karbura (कर्बुर) refers to one of the male servants associated with Oḍḍiyāna, one of the sacred seats (pīṭha), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Nine of the twelve female servants (three in each of the first four seats), are low-caste women who we find, in other contexts, embody the Mothers (mātṛkā). The maids (cellakā) are Yoginīs and the servants their male counterparts [i.e., Karbura]. These replace the spiritual ‘sons’ and ‘daughters’ the goddess generates and the guardians she appoints in the sacred seats listed in the ‘Kubjikāmatatantra’.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Karbura in India is the name of a plant defined with Hedychium spicatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gandasulium sieboldii (Wall.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Karbura is also identified with Stereospermum suaveolens It has the synonym Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC..

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

· Flora of the British India (1892)
· Bot. Cab. (1818)
· Monandr. Pl. Scitam. (1825)
· Bibliothèque universelle de Genève. (1838)
· Monandr. Pl. Scitam. (1824)
· Cycl. (1811)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

karbūra (कर्बूर).—a S Grey or dirty white. 2 Variegated or piebald.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karbura (कर्बुर).—a.

1) Variegated, or spotted; क्वचिल्लसद्घननिकुरम्बकबुरः (kvacillasadghananikurambakaburaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 17.56.

2) Of the colour of pigeons, whitish, grey; पवनैर्भस्म कपोतकर्बुरम् (pavanairbhasma kapotakarburam) Kumārasambhava 4.27.

-raḥ 1 The variegated colour.

2) Sin.

3) An evil spirit, demon.

4) The Dhattūra plant.

5) Rice growing amidst inundation.

-rā Name of a plant (varvarī).

-rī An epithet of Durgā.

-ram 1 Gold.

2) Water.

3) The Dhattūra plant.

See also (synonyms): karvura.

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Karbūra (कर्बूर).—a. Variegated.

-raḥ 1 A demon.

2) Name of a plant.

3) The variegated colour.

-rā A leech.

-ram 1 Gold.

2) Yellow orpiment.

See also (synonyms): karvūra.

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

Karbura (कर्बुर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Variegated, of a spotted or variegated colour. f.

(-rā) 1. Trumpet flower, (Bignonia suave-olens.) 2. A sort of basil, (Ocymum gratissimum:) see varvarī. f. (-rī) A name of the goddess Durga. n.

(-raṃ) 1. Gold. 2. Water. 3. Datura, (the fruit.) m.

(-raḥ) 1. A demon, an imp or goblin. 2. A variegated colour. 3. A plant, (Curcuma riclinata, Rox.) See śaṭhī. 4. Sin. 5. Rice growing amidst inundation. E. kaba to tinge or dye, urac Unadi affix and ra inserted, or karba to go, &c. and uran affix, also long karbūra; it is also often read with the dental va, but perhaps erroneously.

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Karbūra (कर्बूर).—mn.

(-raḥ-raṃ) Gold. m.

(-raḥ) 1. A species of curcuma, (C. reclinata, Rox.) 2. Zedoary, (Curcuma zerumbet.) 3. A demon. f.

(-rā) A leech. n.

(-raṃ) Yellow orpiment. See karbura and karbūraka.

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

Karbura (कर्बुर).—[karbu + ra], or karvura karvara (with b for v), adj., f. rā. 1. Of a variegated colour, [Suśruta] 1, 40, 12. 2. Grey, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 27.

— Cf. probably .

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

Karbura (कर्बुर).—[adjective] the same; [feminine] ā a kind of leech.

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

1) Karbura (कर्बुर):—[from karbara] mf(ā)n. variegated, of a spotted or variegated colour, [Suśruta; Hitopadeśa; Kumāra-sambhava] etc.

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

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

4) [v.s. ...] Curcuma Amhaldi or Zerumbet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a species of Dolichos, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Karburā (कर्बुरा):—[from karbura > karbara] f. a venomous kind of leech, [Suśruta i, 40, 10]

7) [v.s. ...] Bignonia suaveolens, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] = barbarā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) Karbura (कर्बुर):—[from karbara] n. gold, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] thorn-apple, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

12) Karbūra (कर्बूर):—[from karbara] m. a Rakṣas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

13) [v.s. ...] Curcuma Amhaldi or Zerumbet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

14) Karbūrā (कर्बूरा):—[from karbūra > karbara] f. a kind of venomous leech, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

15) Karbūra (कर्बूर):—[from karbara] n. gold, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

16) [v.s. ...] a yellow orpiment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Karbura (कर्बुर):—[(raḥ-rā-rī-raṃ) a.] Variegated. 1. m. A demon; sin. 1. n. Gold; water. (rī) f. Trumpet flower; basil. (rā) name of Durgā.

2) Karbūra (कर्बूर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A species of curcuma; a demon. f. (rā) A leech. n. Gold; orpiment.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Karbura (कर्बुर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kabbura, Kabburaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karbura 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Karbura (कर्बुर) [Also spelled karbur]:—(a) variegated, spotted.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karbura (ಕರ್ಬುರ):—[adjective] of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead; grey.

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Karbura (ಕರ್ಬುರ):—

1) [noun] the gray colour.

2) [noun] a blend of different colours.

3) [noun] the black colour.

4) [noun] a precious yellow malleable ductile high-density metallic element resistant to chemical reaction; gold.

5) [noun] a malignant supernatural being; a devil; a demon.

6) [noun] the breaking of divine or moral law, esp. by a conscious act; a sin.

7) [noun] the plant Datura stramonium of Solanaceae family.

8) [noun] water.

9) [noun] a mineral form of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artisṭs pigment; orpiment.

10) [noun] Niruti, the regent of the south-west quarter.

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Karbūra (ಕರ್ಬೂರ):—

1) [noun] = ಕರ್ಬುರ [karbura]2 - 4 & 9.

2) [noun] the plant Curcuma zeodariana (= C. zerumbet, = Amonum zerumbet) of Zngibrceae family.

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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.

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Starts with: Karburaka, Karburanga, Karburaphala, Karburatva.

Ends with: Kapotakarbura, Parikarbura, Ratnakarbura.

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