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Plant name	saptaparṇa
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	saptacchada, saptaparṇa
Prakrit name	sattavaṇṇa, sattivanna
Hindi name	chāttiyān
Bengali name	chātim
Tamil name	ēḻilappālai, pālai
Malayalam name	ēḻilampāla, pāla, yakṣippāla, daivappāla
English name	Devil‘s tree
Search occurrence	saptacchada, saptaparṇa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1149) mfn. 7-leaved W.; m. Alstonia scholaris MBh. Hariv. R. &c.; (ī) f. Mimosa pudica Suśr.; n. the flower of Alstonia scholaris ŚārṅgP.; a sort of sweetmeat, L.

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