Alternative spellings of this word include Chitrakambala.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Citrakambala (चित्रकम्बल) or simply Kambala is equated to Kaucava (“goat’s-hair sheet”), which is mentioned in verse 3.13 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Kaucava “goat’s-hair sheet”, equated to citrakambala, tavaraka, and rāṅkava(-vastra), is understood as “a fabric made of goat’s hair dyed with safflower juice”—(kausumbharasaraktacchāgaromanirmito ghanaḥ Indu). The Tibetan reu-bal la-ba (“kid’s-wool blanket” agrees on the whole with this definition. CD read reu-bal chen, which may be interpreted to mean “kid’s-wool fabrics”, by analogy with phrases like gos chen (“silk fabrics”). In Mahāvyutpatti 5861 bal la-ba corresponds to kocava.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Citrakambala (चित्रकम्बल).—

1) painted cloth used as an elephant's housing

2) a variegated carpet.

Derivable forms: citrakambalaḥ (चित्रकम्बलः).

Citrakambala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms citra and kambala (कम्बल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Citrakambala (चित्रकम्बल).—m.

(-laḥ) A painted cloth used as an elephant’s housings, &c. E. citra, and kambala a blanket.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Citrakambala (चित्रकम्बल):—[=citra-kambala] [from citra > cit] m. a variegated carpet or cloth (used as an elephant’s housing), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Citrakambala (चित्रकम्बल):—[citra-kambala] (laḥ) 1. m. A painted cloth used for an elephant’s housing.

[Sanskrit to German]

Citrakambala in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Kambala, Citra.

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Full-text: Kambala, Rankava, Tavaraka, Rankavavastra, Kaucava, Kocava.

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