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Plant name	gojihvā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Elephantopus scaber L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	hastipādī, gojihvā
Hindi name	gobhī
Tamil name	yāṉaiccuvaṭi
Malayalam name	ānayaṭiyan, ānaccuvaṭi
English name	Prickly leaved elephant's foot
Search occurrence	hastipādī, gojihvā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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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