Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at kadamba.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Kadamba.

Examples

  • This temple is an example of ancient architecture and dates back to the Kadamba period.

    Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009

  • Pelting each other with the flowers of the Kadamba tree, and many other sports which may either be known to the whole country, or may be peculiar to particular parts of it.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 2006

  • The Kadamba dynasty, founded by a Brahman rebel from the Pallava.

    c. South India 2001

  • Neither the bees which murmur amidst the petals of the lotus, nor the royal elephant, that reclines with his mate under the Kadamba tree, has seen the lost one.

    Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta

  • Our whole being, on this delightful rainy evening, is radiating rapture like the _Kadamba_ flower its fragrant spikes.

    My Reminiscences Rabindranath Tagore 1901

  • Kadamba forest, glistening in the first cool rain of the season; and the south breezes, carrying the scent of the mango blossoms, temper it with their murmur.

    Creative Unity Rabindranath Tagore 1901

  • Close by on a mud-flat stood a large Kadamba tree in full flower.

    The Hungry Stones and Other Stories Rabindranath Tagore 1901

  • Mukkaṇṇa Kadamba (who probably lived in the third century A.D.) imported a number of Brahman families from the north, because he could find none in the south.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

  • Pelting each other with the flowers of the Kadamba tree, and many other sports which may either be known to the whole country, or may be peculiar to particular parts of it.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Vatsyayana 1855

  • Kadamba has many virtues, but none loom larger than helping Navy decongest Mumbai, whose heavy merchant shipping traffic, even heavier swarms of fishing and coastal craft, and large tourist draw make it security very difficult - as India's experience in 1971 proved.

    Defense Industry Daily Joe Katzman 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.