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Plant name	vetra
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Calamus rotang L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	vetra
Hindi name	bet, beṃt
Tamil name	pirampu
Malayalam name	cūral
English name	Common rattan, Rattan
Search occurrence	vetra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1015) vetra, m. n. (accord. to Uṇ. iv, 166, fr. 1. vī; prob. connected with 1. ve cf. veNu) a kind of large reed (used for making sticks, prob. Calamus Rotang or Fasciculatus), Kauś., MBh. &c.; n. a cane, staff, VarBṛS., BhP., MaitrUp., Sch.; the rod or mace of an officer, staff of a door-keeper (see comp.); the tube of a flute, Saṃgīt.

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