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 Latin nameElephantopus scaber L.
 FamilyAsteraceae
 Identified with (Skt)hastipādī, gojihvā
 Identified with (Hin)gobhī
 Identified with (Tam)yāṉaiccuvaṭi
 Identified with (Mal)ānayaṭiyan, ānaccuvaṭi
 Identified with (Eng)Prickly leaved elephant's foot
 Botanical infoA rigid herb usually perennial, growing all over India, leaves obovate-oblong, radical forming a spreading rosette on the ground, hairy, flowers purple in heads, fruits achenes, papus of 4-6 bristles dilated at the base
 Search occurrencehastipādī, gojihvā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageElephantopus scaber L. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 364)
gojihvā, f. N. of a plant (Phlomis or Premna esculenta, L.; Elephantopus scaber, L.; Coix barbata or a kind of Hieracium, L.), Car. i, 27, 86, Suśr. i, 46, 4, 51.


 
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