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Kamala is a common Sanskrit name, usually meaning Nelumbo nucifera, the lotus. Variants include Kamal and Kamla. It is unrelated to the similar-sounding name of Arabic origin usually spelled Kamal in English and Kemal in Turkish.

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Plants originally named Kamala in Asian Indian languages

  • Nelumbo nucifera, the lotus, a pond plant with leaves and flowers at the water's surface, called Kamala, Kamal, and related names.
  • Mallotus philippensis, Kamala or Red Kamala, a plant in the spurge family, widespread through Asia and Australia.

    • Places and geographic features named Kamala

  • The Kamala River flows through Nepal and the state of Bihar, India
  • Kamala Subdistrict, Kathu district, Phuket province, Thailand

    • Deities called Kamala as a praise-name

  • Kamalatmika or Kamla, a common epithet of Hindu goddess Lakshmi, sometimes simplistically ideogrammed as "goddess of wealth."
  • Most Hindu deities are routinely praised in liturgical texts, prayers and chants for being kamal or kamala, lotus, or having lotus attributes such as beauty, purity, cleanliness. These deities include Shiva, Brahma, Shakti, Vishnu, Kali, and all their avatara.

    • People and groups whose names include Kamala as forename or sole name

  • Amala and Kamala, Indian feral children who were purportedly raised by wolves
  • Kamala (band), Brazilian thrash metal musical band
  • Kamala (wrestler) or Jim Harris, American retired professional wrestler
  • Kamala Harris, American prosecutor, former Attorney General of California and current United States Senator from California
  • Kamala Nehru, wife of Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Indo-Trinidadian, first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Kamala Surayya, formerly known as Kamala Das, Indian short story writer and autobiographer in English and Malayalam languages, particularly concerning sexual desires of women
  • Kumari Kamala, Indian classical dancer
  • Diodorus Buberwa Kamala, Tanzanian politician

    • Fictional characters named Kamala

  • Kamala, a character in Siddhartha, the novel by Hermann Hesse
  • Kamala, a character in "The Perfect Mate", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Kamala Khan, the fourth Ms. Marvel

    • References

    Kamala Wikipedia
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