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Plant name	karpūra
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	karpūra
Hindi name	kapūr
Tamil name	kaṟpūram
Malayalam name	cūṭakkaṛpūram, kaṛpūram
English name	Camphor tree
Search occurrence	karpūra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 258) karpūra 1 as, am, m. n. (kRp Comm. on Uṇ. iv, 90), camphor (either the plant or resinous exudation or fruit), Suśr., Pañcat. &c.; m. N. of several men; of a Dvīpa, Kathās. lvi, 61, f.; (ā), f. a kind of yellowish pigment, Bhpr.; mf(ā)n. made of camphor, Hcat.

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