| Plant name | kāraskara | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Strychnos nux-vomica L. - please click to view full record | | Sanskrit name | kāraskara | | Hindi name | kucchlā, kājrā | | Bengali name | kucilā | | Tamil name | eṭṭi, kāñcirai, murimuri | | Malayalam name | kāññiram | | English name | Nux-vomica, Strychnine tree, Snake-wood, Poison nut, Quaker button | | Search occurrence | kāraskara, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 275) kāraskara, m. (Pāṇ. 6-1, 156)N. of a poisonous medicinal plant BhP. v, 14, 12; a tree in general L.; (ās) m. pl.N. of a people MBh. ii, 1804; viii, 2066; (vv.ll. kāraskāra and kāraskRta.)
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