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Plant name	sindūrī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Bixa orellana L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	sindūrī
Hindi name	sindūriyā, lātkān
Tamil name	cappiravīrai, urakumañcaḷ
Malayalam name	kuppamaññal, kuraṅṅumaññal
English name	Arnotta plant
Search occurrence	sindūrī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1217) sindūra, m. (accord. to Uṇ. i, 69, fr. syand) a sort of tree, L.; a proper N. Cat.; (ī), f. red cloth or clothes, L.; Grislea Tomentosa, L.; another plant (= -pužpī), L.; = rocanī, L.; n. red lead, minium, vermilion, Kāv., Kathās. &c.; (= rakta-śāsana, rāja-lekha, and rāja-lekhitadakžiNa, L.)

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