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 Plant namekāraskara
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameStrychnos nux-vomica L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit namekāraskara
 Hindi namekucchlā, kājrā
 Bengali namekucilā
 Tamil nameeṭṭi, kāñcirai, murimuri
 Malayalam namekāññiram
 English nameNux-vomica, Strychnine tree, Snake-wood, Poison nut, Quaker button
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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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