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Plant name	punarnavā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Boerhavia diffusa L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	punarnavā, śophaghnī
Hindi name	sānt, gadahpurnā
Tamil name	mukkurattai, mūkkarattaikkīrai
Malayalam name	taviḻāma, taḻutāma
English name	Hogweed, Pigweed
Search occurrence	punarnavā, śophaghnī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 633) punarnava (punar-.), mf(ā)n. becoming new or young again, renewed, AV.; Br. &c. (also punar-nava; cf. punar-N-); m. a finger-nail (cf. -bhava), L.; (ā), f. hog-weed, Boerhavia Procumbens, Suśr.; -vā-maNDUra n. a partic. medicinal preparation Rasar.

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