Plant name | sevya | 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. 1247) sevya, mfn. to be resorted to or frequented or inhabited by (gen.) Hariv. Pañcat. Kathās.; to be followed (as a path) Rājat.; to be approached Cāṇ.; to be waited upon or served or obeyed, a master (as opp. to "a servant") R. Kālid. &c.; to be honoured, honourable Yājñ. MBh. &c.; to be enjoyed carnally Subh.; to be practised or used or employed MBh. R. &c.; to be studied Cat.; to be kept or hoarded Hit.; to be taken care of or guarded W.; m. the Aśvattha tree, Ficus Religiosa L.; Barringtonia Acutangula L.; a sparrow L.; an intoxicating drink made from the blossoms of the Bassia Latifolia L.; (ā) f. the parasitical plant Vandā L.; Emblic Myrobolam L.; a kind of wild grain or rice L.; (am) n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus Suśr.; red sandal-wood L.; sea-salt L.; the thick middle part of curds L.; water L.
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