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 Plant namedhattūra
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameDatura metel L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit namedhattūra, dhustūra
 Hindi namedhattūrā
 Tamil nameummattai
 Malayalam nameummattu
 English nameThorn apple, Jimson weed
 Search occurrencedhattūra, dhustūra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 508)
dhattūra, m. the white thorn-apple, Datura Alba (used as a poison), Suśr. (also -raka, m. -kā, f.), Bhpr., Kāv.; gold, Kāv.; n. the fruit of Datura Alba, Kathās.


 
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