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 Latin nameCicer arietinum L.
 FamilyLeguminosae
 Identified with (Skt)caṇaka
 Identified with (Hin)canā, cunnā, buṭ
 Identified with (Tam)kaṭalai
 Identified with (Mal)kaṭala
 Identified with (Eng)Bengal gram, Chick pea
 Botanical infoAn annual plant cultivated all over India, leaves imparipinnately compound, small oval leaflets, pink, white or blue flower, turgid fruits, pubescent pods, seeds reddish brown, black or white
 Search occurrencecaṇaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCicer arietinum L. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 383)
caṇaka, m. the chick-pea, Suśr., VarBṛS. xv, f., Pañcat., Kathās.; N. of Cāṇakya's father, L.; of a village HPariś. viii, 194; (ā), f. linseed, L.; (ikā), f. a kind of grass (kSetra-jā, go-dugdhā, su-nIlā, himā), L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 661)
kaṭalai: 1. Bengal-gram, s. sh., Cicer arietinum , one of nava tāṉiyam , q.v.; 2. Indian rhododendron, l. sh., Melastoma malabaricum


 
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