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Plant name	rāsnā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Alpinia galanga Willd. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	rāsnā, sugandhamūlā
Hindi name	kulañjan
Tamil name	arattai, pērarattai
Malayalam name	aratta, ciṟṟaratta
English name	Java galangal
Search occurrence	rāsnā, sugandhamūlā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 879) rāsnā, f. a girdle (cf. raśanā, raśmi), VS., ŚBr.; the ichneumon plant, Suśr., ŚārṅgS. (v.l. rASNā); N. of various other plants (Mimosa Octandra; Acampe Papillosa &c.), L.; bdellium, Bhpr.

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