In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

, also called Samana Kolanna - A cakkavatti, king of Kalinga. He travelled through the air, mounted on his state elephant, but he could not pass over the Bodhi tree. Mil.256; cp. J.iv.232, which evidently refers to him, though the name is not given.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kolanna in India is the name of a plant defined with Atalantia monophylla in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trichilia spinosa Willd. (among others).

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

· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1805)
· Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo).
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1825)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1984)
· American Journal of Botany (2000)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kolañña, (adj.) (fr. kula) born of (good) family (cp. kulaja); as —°, belonging to the family of ... D. I, 89; DA. I, 252; Miln. 256.—khīṇa-kolañña (adj.) one who has come down in the world Vin. I, 86. (Page 229)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kōlaṇṇa (ಕೋಲಣ್ಣ):—[noun] (lightly) a teacher (as a man with a 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: Kolannanarakam.

Ends with: Samanakolanna.

Full-text: Abhinnata.

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