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Plant name	aghorī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Flacourtia indica Merr. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Flacourtia ramontchi L'Hér.
Sanskrit name	aghorī
Hindi name	kāñcū, bilānagrā
Tamil name	cottaikkalā, mālukkārai
Malayalam name	aghōrī, muḷḷuḷḷakaṭṭa
English name	Governor's plum, Madagascar plum
Search occurrence	aghorī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 7) aghora, mfn. not terrific, m. a euphemistic title of Śiva; a worshipper of Śiva and Durgā; (ā), f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra, which is sacred to Śiva.

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