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 Plant nameśophaghnī
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameBoerhavia diffusa L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit namepunarnavā, śophaghnī
 Hindi namesānt, gadahpurnā
 Tamil namemukkurattai, mūkkarattaikkīrai
 Malayalam nametaviḻāma, taḻutāma
 English nameHogweed, Pigweed
 Search occurrencepunarnavā, śophaghnī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1092)
śophaghnī, f. 'removing swellings', Desmodium Gangeticum, L.; a Punar-navā with red flowers, L.


 
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