Kalak: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Kalak means something in Hindi, 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.
Ambiguity: Although Kalak has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Kalaka.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kalak in India is the name of a plant defined with Dendrocalamus strictus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bambusa stricta Roxb. (among others).
2) Kalak in Papua New Guinea is also identified with Laportea decumana It has the synonym Urticastrum decumanum (Roxb.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Indian Forest Records (1936)
· Fl. Bras. (Martius) (1880)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Hort. Beng. (1814)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kalak, for example diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKalak in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) keen regret, remorse, penitence..—kalak (कलक) is alternatively transliterated as Kalaka.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+282): Kala-kalenal, Kalaka, Kalaka Sutta, Kalaka-vaykuruvi, Kalakabara, Kalakabhinna, Kalakacacceti, Kalakacam, Kalakacarya, Kalakacaryakatha, Kalakacchagama, Kalakacharya, Kalakacharya-kathanaka, Kalakachu, Kalakacu, Kalakadu, Kalakagama, Kalakai, Kalakakakulimriga, Kalakakavya.
Ends with: Samkalak.
Full-text: Kalaka, Peru-kalakkuruttu, Kalakuta, Shakala.
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