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Plant name	caṇaka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Cicer arietinum L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	caṇaka
Hindi name	canā, cunnā, buṭ
Tamil name	kaṭalai
Malayalam name	kaṭala
English name	Bengal gram, Chick pea
Search occurrence	caṇaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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.

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