Acam, 膧肠补尘, A-cam: 5 definitions

Introduction
Biology
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1. Sanskrit
2. Tamil
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Introduction:

Acam means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Acham.

Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Acam in India is the name of a plant defined with Allium cepa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Allium angolense Baker (among others).

2) Acam is also identified with Carum copticum It has the synonym Carum copticum (L.) C.B. Clarke (etc.).

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

· World Applied Sciences Journal (2008)
· Can. Vet. J., (1977)
· Phytotherapy Research (2004)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Encyclop茅die M茅thodique, Botanique (1785)
· Acta Agron. Acad. Sci. Hung., (1980)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

膧肠补尘 (啶嗋啶).鈥攕ip, rinse the mouth, lick up, absorb, cause to disappear. [Causative] 腻肠补尘补测补迟颈 & 腻肠腻尘补测补迟颈 cause to sip. 鈥� Cf. 腻c腻nta, pary腻c腻nta.

膧肠补尘 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 腻 and cam (啶氞ぎ啷�).

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

膧肠补尘 (啶嗋啶):鈥擺=腻-鈭歝am] -c腻mati ([P腻峁噄ni 7-3, 75]) to sip (water) from the palm of the hand for purification (with [instrumental case] [Manu-sm峁泃i ii, 61]), [艢atapatha-br腻hma峁嘺; Taittir墨ya-br腻hma峁嘺] etc.;

鈥� (perf. 3. p. -肠别尘耻岣�) to lap up, lick up, absorb, cause to disappear (as the winds lick up moisture, [Raghuva峁兣沘 ix, 68; xiii, 20]) :

鈥擺Causal] ([indeclinable participle] -camayya) to cause to sip (water) for purification, [艢腻峁卥h腻yana-g峁沨ya-s奴tra];鈥�([Potential] -c腻mayet; p. -c腻mayat)

鈥攖o cause to sip water, [Manu-sm峁泃i]

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

膧肠补尘 (啶嗋啶) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 膧测补尘补.

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.

Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Acam (喈呧畾喈瘝) noun Onion. See 喈掂瘑喈｀瘝喈曕喈喁�. (喈掂瘓喈む瘝喈む喈� 喈瘋喈侧喈曕瘓) [venkayam. (vaithiya muligai)]

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Acam (喈呧畾喈瘝) noun < aja.

1. Goat, sheep; 喈嗋疅喁�. (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁�) [adu. (pingalagandu)]

2. He-goat; 喈掂瘑喈赤瘝喈赤喈熰瘝喈熰瘒喈编瘉. (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁�) [vellatteru. (pingalagandu)]

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Acam (喈呧畾喈瘝) noun < a-ja.

1. That which is not born, as the Supreme Being; 喈喈编喈距喈む瘉. 喈呧畾喈喈ㄠ瘝喈� 喈喈苦喈距畾喈� [piravathathu. asa manantha mavinasi] (喈曕瘓喈掂喁嵿. 喈氞喁嵿喁囙畷. [kaivalya. santhega.] 137).

2. Three-year-old paddy; 喈瘋喈┼瘝喈编瘉喈掂喁佮疅喈む瘝喈む瘉喈ㄠ瘑喈侧瘝. [munruvarudathu nel.] (W.)

3. Heap of paddy; 喈ㄠ瘑喈编瘝喈曕瘉喈掂瘓. [nerkuvai.] (喈む痪喈侧喈班瘉喈曕瘝喈曕畾喁嵿畾喁佮喁佮畷喁嵿畷喈瘝喈む瘓喈�. [thailavarukkachurukkam thaila.] 47.)

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Acam (喈呧畾喈瘝) noun cf. malaya-ja. Sandal-wood; 喈氞喁嵿喈┼喁�. (喈掂瘓喈む瘝喈む喈� 喈喁堗喈曕喈距喈�) [santhanam. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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膧肠补尘 (喈嗋畾喈瘝) noun < h腻sa. Laughter, mirth; 喈氞喈班喈瘝喈瘉. (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁�) [sirippu. (pingalagandu)]

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Acam (喈呧畾喈瘝) noun < aja-m艒dik腻. See 喈呧畾喈疅喈瘝. [asamadam.] (T. C. M. ii, 2, 429.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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