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Plant name	elā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Elettaria cardamomum Maton - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	elā, truṭī
Hindi name	elācī
Tamil name	ēlam
Malayalam name	ēlam, ciṟṟēlam
English name	Cardamom
Search occurrence	elā, truṭī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 232) elā 1, f. any species of Cardamom, Suśr., Kathās.; N. of a metre (consisting of four lines of fifteen syllables each); N. of a river, Hariv.; (v.l. arlā.) Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 232) elā 2, f. sport, pastime, merriness g. kaNDv-Adi, Pāṇ. 3-1, 27.

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