| Plant name | uśīra | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Andropogon muricatus Retz., Phalaris zizanioides L., Andropogon zizanioides Urb., Anatherum zizanioides Hitchc. & Chase | | Sanskrit name | uśīra, sevya, sugandhimūla | | Prakrit name | usīra, osīra | | Hindi name | khas | | Bengali name | beṇā, gandhabeṇā, gandhamūl, khaskhas, khaśkhaś | | Tamil name | veṭṭivēr, viraṇam | | Malayalam name | rāmaccam | | English name | Khus grass, Cuscus grass, Vetiver | | Search occurrence | uśīra, sevya, sugandhimūla, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 219)
as, am m. n. (Uṇ. iv, 31), the fragrant root of the plant Andropogon muricatus Suśr. Śak. Hcat. &c. 220,1; (ī) f. a species of grass, L.
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