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 Plant namebhaṅgā
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameCannabis sativa L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit namebhaṅgā
 Hindi namebhaṅg, gañjā
 Tamil namekañcā, pāmkī
 Malayalam namekañcāvu, śivamūli
 English nameIndian hemp, Soft hemp
 Search occurrencebhaṅgā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 744)
bhaṅgā, f. hemp (Cannabis Sativa); an intoxicating beverage (or narcotic drug commonly called 'Bhang') prepared from the hemp plant, ŚārṅgS.; Convolvulus Turpethum, L.


 
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