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Plant name	ghṛtakumārī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Aloe barbadensis Mill. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Aloe vera L.
Sanskrit name	kumārī, ghṛtakumārī
Hindi name	ghīkumārī
Tamil name	kattaḷai, cirukattaḷai
Malayalam name	kaṟṟuvāḻa, kaṟṟārvāḻa
English name	Indian aloe, Curacao aloe, Barbados aloe
Search occurrence	kumārī, ghṛtakumārī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 378) ghṛtakumārikā, f. 'ghee-virgin', Aloe indica (supposed to resemble a virgin in delicacy), Bhpr. v, 3, 282. ghṛtakumārī, f. id., L.

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