In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Kūvaḷam [in the Malayalam language] is another name for “Vilva” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning kūvaḷam] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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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) Kuvalam in India is the name of a plant defined with Aegle marmelos in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Feronia pellucida Roth (among others).

2) Kuvalam is also identified with Cajanus cajan It has the synonym Cytisus guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. (etc.).

3) Kuvalam in Tamil is also identified with Ziziphus mauritiana It has the synonym Paliurus mairei H. Lév. (etc.).

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

· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2192)
· Catalogus plantarum horti botanici monspeliensis (1813)
· (Report) Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles (1916)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1984)
· Familles des Plantes (1763)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1789)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kuvalamaram, Kuvalamayam.

Ends with: Kantankuvalam, Karinkuvalam.

Full-text: Kuvali, Kuvala.

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