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 Plant namebrāhmī
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameBacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Monniera cuneifolia Michx.
 Sanskrit namebrāhmī, sarasvatī
 Hindi namebaramī, jalnīm
 Tamil namenīrpirami, piramiyapūṇṭu
 Malayalam namebrāhmī, nībrahmi
 English nameThyme leaved gratiola
 Search occurrencebrāhmī, sarasvatī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 741)
brāhmī, f. (of brāhma q.v.) the Śakti or personified energy of Brahmā (regarded as one of the 8 Mātṛis or divine mothers of created beings; in, MBh. ix, 2655, they are said to attend Skanda), L.; speech or the goddess of speech (= Sarasvatī), MBh. i, 19; N. of Durgā, DevīP.; the wife of a Brāhman, W.; (in music) N. of a Mūrchanā, Saṃgīt.; a religious practice, pious usage (-myā ind. according to pious usage), R.; a woman married according to the Brāhma rite, Gaut.; Vishṇ. (cf. -putra), the constellation Rohiṇī, L.; a female fish or frog, W.; a species of ant, L.; N. of various plants (Clerodendrum Siphonantus, Ruta Graveolens, Enhydra Hingcha &c.), L.; a kind of brass, L.; N. of a river, Śatr.; (with saMhitā) N. of wk.


 
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