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Plant name	śatāvarī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Asparagus racemosus Willd. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	śatāvarī, ābhīru
Hindi name	satāvar, śatamūli
Tamil name	kilāvari, catāvali
Malayalam name	śatāvari, śatāvali
English name	Wild asparagus
Search occurrence	śatāvarī, ābhīru, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1050) śatāvara, m. a fine of a hundred (Paṇas &c.), W.; (ī), f. Asparagus Racemosus, Suśr., ŚārṅgS., VarBṛS., Bhpr.; a kind of plant, zedoary (= śaTī) MW.; N. of the wife of Indra, L.

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