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 Latin nameBaliospermum montanum Müll.Arg.
 FamilyEuphorbiaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Baliospermum axillare Blume
 Identified with (Skt)dantī, dantikā
 Identified with (Hin)dantī
 Identified with (Tam)nākatanti
 Identified with (Mal)nāgadanti, danti
 Botanical infoA stout undershrub 0,9 - 1,8 m high growing throughout India, herbaceous branches from the roots, numerous flowers in axillary racemes with male flowers above and few female flowers below, ellipsoid seeds
 Search occurrencedantī, dantikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageBaliospermum montanum Müll.Arg. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 468)
danta, m. (fr. &) = dat, RV. vi, 75, 11, AV. &c. (n., R. vi, 82, 28; ifc., al [Kathās. xxi Caurap.] or ī [MBh. ix, Mṛicch. x, 13, VarBṛS. Ghaṭ.], Pāṇ. 4-1, 55); the number 32 Gaṇit.; an elephant's tusk, ivory, MBh., R. &c. [468,3]; the point (of an arrow? atharī), RV. iv, 6, 8; the peak or ridge of a mountain, Haravij. iv, 32 Dharmaśarm. vii, 32; an arbour, Śiś. iv, 40; a pin used in playing a lute, Haravij. i, 9; (ī), f. = -tikā, Suśr., VarBṛS.; (in music) N. of a composition; cf. ibha-dantā; kuDmala- and krUra-a-dantī &c.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 469)
dantaka, ifc. 'a tooth' see a-, kRmi-, śyAva-; m. a projection in a rock, L.; 'a pin projecting from a wall' see nAga-; mfn. paying attention to one's teeth, Pāṇ. v, 2, 66, Sch.; (ika), f. Croton polyandrum (yielding a pungent oil), L.


 
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