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Plant name	ugragandhā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Acorus calamus L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	vacā, ugragandhā
Hindi name	bacc, gorbācc
Tamil name	vacampu
Malayalam name	vayamp
English name	Sweet flag
Search occurrence	vacā, ugragandhā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 172) ugragandha, mfn. strong-smelling; m. the plant Michelia Champaca; garlic; (ā), f. orris root; a medicinal plant; Artemisia Sternutatoria; Pimpinella Involucrata; the common caraway (Carum Carui &c.); Ligusticum Ajowan; (am), n. Asa Foetida, L.

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