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 Plant nameaparājitā
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameClitoria ternatea L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit nameaparājitā, girikarṇikā
 Hindi nameaparājit
 Tamil namekaṉṉikkoṭi, kirikaṉṉi
 Malayalam nameśamkhupuṣpam, āral, malayamukki
 English nameClitoria, Butterfly pea
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 51)
aparājita, mf(ā)n. unconquered, unsurpassed, RV. &c.; m. a poisonous insect, Suśr.; Vishṇu; Śiva; one of the eleven Rudras, Hariv.; a class of divinities (constituting one portion of the so-called Anuttara divinities of the Jainas); N. of a serpent-demon, MBh.; of a son of Kṛishṇa, BhP.; of a mythical sword, Kathās.; (ā), f. (with diś) the northeast quarter, AitBr. &c.; Durgā; several plants, Clitoria Ternatea, Marsilea Quadrifolia, Sesbania AEgyptiaca; a species of the Śarkari metre (of four lines, each containing fourteen syllables).


 
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