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Plant name	girikarṇikā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Clitoria ternatea L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	aparājitā, girikarṇikā
Hindi name	aparājit
Tamil name	kaṉṉikkoṭi, kirikaṉṉi
Malayalam name	śamkhupuṣpam, āral, malayamukki
English name	Clitoria, Butterfly pea
Search occurrence	aparājitā, girikarṇikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 355) girikarṇikā, f. id., i, iv; 'having mountains for seed-vessels', the earth, L.; a variety of Achyranthes with white blossoms, L.

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