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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kaṭambharā (कटम्भरा) is another name for Mahābalā, a medicinal plant identified with Sida rhombifolia Linn. (“arrowleaf sida” or “Indian hemp”) from the Malvaceae or mallows family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.98-100 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Kaṭambharā and Mahābalā, there are a total of seventeen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kaṭambharā (कटम्भरा) is another name for Śakulādanī (Picrorhiza kurroa) according to the Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16^th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. Certain plant parts of Śakulādanī are eaten as vegetables.

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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)

1) Katambhara in India is the name of a plant defined with Careya arborea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Barringtonia arborea (Roxb.) F. Muell. (among others).

2) Katambhara is also identified with Paederia foetida It has the synonym Gentiana scandens Lour. (etc.).

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

· FBI (1881)
· Sunyatsenia (1937)
· Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (1934)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1988)
· Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden (1907)
· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.

If you are looking for specific details regarding Katambhara, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṭaṃbhara (कटंभर).—Name of the कटभी (kaṭabhī) tree.

-rā 1 Name of several plants:-1. नागबला (nāgabalā); 2. प्रसारिणी (prasāriṇī); 3. रोहिणी (rohiṇī); 4. हस्तिनी (hastinī); 5. कलम्बिका (kalambikā); 6. मूर्वा (mūrvā).

2) A female elephant.

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

Kaṭambharā (कटम्भरा).—f.

(-rā) 1. A plant, (Pœderia fetida.) 2. A medicinal plant, kaṭukīḥ see the preceding. 3. A sort of cucumber, (Cucumis Madraspatanus.) 4. A female elephant. 5. Red arsenic. 6. A plant, (Aletris hyacinthoides:) see murvā. 7. Hog-weed. E. As before, bhṛ to nourish, &c.

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

1) Kaṭaṃbhara (कटंभर):—[=kaṭa-ṃ-bhara] [from kaṭa > kaṭ] m. Bignonia Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Kaṭaṃbharā (कटंभरा):—[=kaṭa-ṃ-bharā] [from kaṭaṃ-bhara > kaṭa > kaṭ] f. a female elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

4) [v.s. ...] Name of several plants.

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

Kaṭambharā (कटम्भरा):—(rā) 1. f. Idem; cucumber; elephant; red arsenic; hogweed.

[Sanskrit to German]

Katambhara 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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Partial matches: Katam, Bhara.

Full-text: Katambara, Shakuladani, Mahabala.

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