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Plant name	kārpāsī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Gossypium herbaceum L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	karpāsa, kārpāsī
Hindi name	kapās, rūyī
Tamil name	karpacam, pañcu
Malayalam name	parutti, nūlpparutti, kurupparutti, paññipparutti
English name	Common cotton, Indian cotton
Search occurrence	karpāsa, kārpāsī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 276) kārpāsa, mf(ī, L.)n. (fr. karpAsa; g. bilvādi), made of cotton, cottony ĀśvŚr. Lāṭy., Mn. &c. [276,1]; (as, am), m. n. cotton, cotton cloth, &c., Mn., MBh. &c.; paper, W.; (ī), f. the cotton plant, Suśr.

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