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Kavya (poetry)

Source: academia.edu: Gleanings from Atula’s Musikavamsa

Killā (किल्ला) is the name of a river, according to the historical poem Mūṣikavaṃśa by Atula dealing with the royal lineage of North Kerala in roughly 1000 verses.—The Mūṣikavaṃśa begins with an account of a pregnant queen, guarded by her family priest, escaping the animosity of sage Jāmadagnya Rāma, more popularly known as Paraśurāma (‘Rāma with axe’) in the West coast of India, reaching the mountain called Eli. The queen delivers a male child who was properly educated by her priest who becomes King Rāmaghaṭa. He appoints Mahānāvika, a merchant (śreṣṭhin) from māhiṣmatī as his minister and builds Kola, the capital city of the dynasty. Crossing the Killā river, he visits the mountain and seeks the blessing of Paraśurāma. [...]

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Killa in Arabic is the name of a plant defined with Ammi majus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Selinum ammoides Krause (among others).

2) Killa in India is also identified with Bothriochloa pertusa It has the synonym Andropogon angustifolius Parl., nom. illeg., non Andropogon angustifolius Sibth. & Sm. (etc.).

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

· Agric. News W. Indies (1916)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1974)
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae … (1850)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Flora Mediterranea (1998)

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

killā (किल्ला).—m ( A) A fort or fortress. killā nēsaviṇēṃ (To clothe a fort with fire.) To kindle the jungle around a fort.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

killā (किल्ला).—m A fort or fortress.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+1): Killa machhar, Killa sheitani, Killa-pirantupannu, Killabandi, Killai-vitututu, Killaiccatam, Killakkai, Killakku, Killam, Killamgi, Killana, Killangi konje, Killani, Killappirantu, Killari, Killat, Killata, Killati, Killattikai, Killattu.

Ends with: Akilla, Balekilla, Kalamkilla, Karinkilla, Perunkilla, Surkilla.

Full-text (+15): Killa sheitani, Killa machhar, Virutukkoti, Banka, Baka, Mulura, Balepuni, Hiriri, Lakalakita, Dongari, Nesavinem, Chanchum, Valarpattanam, Matayi, Valabhapattanam, Marahi, Valabhapattana, Ananem, Kola, Parashurama.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Killa, Killā; (plurals include: Killas, Killās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)

3. Mushakavamsa (or Mushika-vamsa) by Atula < [Chapter 3 - Historical Details from Mahakavyas]

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