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 Latin nameElaeocarpus sphaericus Schum.
 FamilyElaeocarpaceae
 Identified with (Skt)rudrākṣa
 Identified with (Hin)rudrākī, rudrākṣ
 Identified with (Tam)ruttirāṭcam
 Identified with (Mal)rudrākṣam
 Identified with (Eng)Ultrasum-bead tree
 Botanical infoAn evergreen tree growing in Bihar, Assam, Bengal, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, leaves oblond-lanceolate, flowers white in dense racemes in old leaf axils, fruit globose purple drupes
 Search occurrencerudrākṣa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageElaeocarpus sphaericus Schum. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 883)
rudrākṣa, m. 'Rudra-eyed', Elaeocarpus Ganitrus or its berry (used for rosaries), W. (cf. RTL. 67, 82); a rosary (gender doubtful), Rājat.; N. of an Upanishad (gender doubtful); -kalpa, m. -dhAraNa n. -parīkSā, f. N. of wks.; -mAlā (Hcar.) or -mAlikā (Kād.), f. a rosary; -mAhAtmya n. -ya-varNana n. N. of wks.; -valaya, m. or n. (?) a rosary, Kād.; -SopaniSad (f. N. of an Upanishad.


 
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