Kawaya, Kāwāyā: 2 definitions

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Kawaya means something in the history of ancient India, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy (1945-1952)

Kāwāyā is an archaeologically important site situated in Bihar (Monghyr district), known for inscriptions regarding the ancient history of India. For example, at Kāwāyā there is a fragmentary Buddhist image with the inscription in characters of about the twelfth century A.D.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kawaya in Sierra Leone is the name of a plant defined with Panicum repens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum leiogonum Delile (among others).

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

· Mémoires de l’Institut Égyptien (1901)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1986)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, ser. 2 (1991)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)

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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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