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Eclipta prostrata L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Eclipta prostrata L.
Family	Asteraceae
Identified with (Lat)	Eclipta alba Hassk.
Identified with (Skt)	bhṛṅgaraja, bhṛṅgarāja
Identified with (Hin)	bhāṅgrā, mocakand, bābrī
Identified with (Tam)	kayyantakara, kaikēṣī
Identified with (Mal)	kaññuṇṇi, kayyōnni, kayyuṇṇi
Identified with (Eng)	Trailing eclipta
Botanical info	An erect or prostrate annual herb with rooted nodes, growing throughout India, leaves opposite, strigose with appressed hairs on both sides, flowers white in heads, ray compressed
Search occurrence	bhṛṅgaraja, bhṛṅgarāja, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 765) bhṛṅgaraja (Bhpr.) or -rajas (Suśr., Car. &c.), m. Eclipta Prostrata. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 765) bhṛṅgarāja, m. 'bee-king', a species of large bee, the humble bee, L.; the fork-tailed shrike, MBh., R., Suśr. &c.; Eclipta Prostrata, Suśr., ŚārṅgS.; Wedelia Calendulacea, L.; N. of a tutelary deity, Var., Hcat.; a kind of oblation or sacrifice, L.; -rasa, m. the juice of Eclipta Prostrata, Suśr.

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