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 Latin nameCommiphora mukul Engl.
 FamilyBurseraceae
 Identified with (Skt)guggulu, guggula, mahiṣākṣa
 Identified with (Hin)gugal, guggul
 Identified with (Tam)kukkulu, mahiṣākṣi
 Identified with (Mal)gulgulu, mahiṣākṣagulgulu
 Identified with (Eng)Indian bdellium tree
 Botanical infoA small tree with spinescent branches, growing in arid rocky tracks of Rajputana, Bellari, Mysore, Sindh and Baluchistan, alternate leaves, obovate, flowers small, brownish red, polygamous in fascicles, fruits ovoid drupes, red
 Search occurrenceguggulu, guggula, mahiṣākṣa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCommiphora mukul Engl. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 356)
guggula, m. (= -lu) bdellium, Hariv. 6283, VarBṛS. lvii, 3 and 5 (v.l. -lu); lxxvii, 9 (15).

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 356)
guggulu, n. (= gūlg-) bdellium or the exudation of Amyris Agallochum (a fragrant gum resin, used as a perfume and medicament), AV. (called saindhava or samudriya, 'obtained near rivers or the sea', xix, 38, 2), Kauś. ĀśvŚr. xi, 6, 3; m. id., Yājñ. i, 278, MBh. xiii, Suśr., Bhpr.; = -dru, L.; (ūs), f. (Pāṇ. 4-1, 71 Pat.) N. of an Apsaras, AV. iv, 37, 3 (cf. kaNa-, gauggulava and gaulg-.)

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 803)
mahiṣākṣa or mahiṣākṣaka, m. a kind of bdellium, L.


 
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