Friday, 9 August 2024

Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Sch.Bip.

Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Sch.Bip.
State Flower of Uttarakhand
(कौल पद्म kaula padma OR ब्रह्म कमल brahma kamal)


so-SUR-ree-a -- named for Nicolas-Theodore de Saussure, Swiss chemist and ... Dave's Botanary
ob-val-LAY-ta or ob-val-LAH-ta -- surrounded; guarded or enclosed ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: brahma kamalHindi: ब्रह्म कमल brahma kamal • Nepali: ब्रह्म कमल brahma kamal • Pahari: ब्रह्म कमल brahma kamal, कापफु kapfu, कौल पद्म kaula padma, कोन kon • Punjabi: ਬਰਮ੍ਹ ਕੰਵਲ barmh-kanwal • Tibetan: ལུག་རྩི་དོ་བོ lug rtsi do bo


botanical names: Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Sch.Bip. ... POWO, retrieved 09 August 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
brahma kamal
  • local name used, for want of name; Brahma = one of the Holy Trinity in Hindu philosophy; kamal = lotus, seat of Brahma, and associated to few other Hindu divinities too
  • a much reverred flower of the Himalayas, offerred in local shrines ... Flowers of India, retrieved August 09, 2024
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
ब्रह्म कमल brahma kamal
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
ब्रह्म कमल brahma kamal
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
कापफु kapfu, कोन kon
  • Floral Gallery of Himalayan Valley of Flowers and Adjacent Areas by K R Keshava Murthy, a pictorial field guide
कौल पद्म kaula padma
ब्रह्म कमल brahma kamal
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਬਰਮ੍ਹ ਕੰਵਲ barmh-kanwal
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ལུག་རྩི་དོ་བོ lug rtsi do bo
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
~~~~~ Created on: 09:52 09-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 19:08 09-08-2024 ~~~~~
Asteraceae Compositae "high-altitude" perennial herb "Saussurea obvallata" "Aplotaxis obvallata" "Theodorea obvallata" "Carduus tectus" "brahma kamal" brahmakamal

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