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 Latin nameHiptage benghalensis Kurz
 FamilyMalpighiaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Hiptage madablota Gaertn.
 Identified with (Skt)mādhavī
 Identified with (Hin)mādhavīlatā, madhumālatī
 Identified with (Tam)mātavi, vacantakāl mallikai
 Identified with (Mal)sītāmpū, sītāmpu
 Identified with (Eng)Clustered hiptage
 Botanical infoA large, woody evergreen climbing shrub, growing all over India up to 1800 m, leaves simple, opposite, coriaceous, elliptic, flowers yellowish white, fragrant, fruits 2 - 3 winged samara, seek globose
 Search occurrencemādhavī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 808)
mādhavī, f. the earth (also with devī), R.; 'spring-flower', Gaertnera Racemosa, Kālid., BhP.; honey-sugar, L.; an intoxicating drink, L.; a kind of grass, L.; sacred basil, L.; Anethum Sowa, L.; a procuress, L.; affluence in cattle or herds, L.; (in music) a partic. Rāgiṇī, Saṃgīt.; a woman of the race of Madhu or Yadu (e.g. An-antā, wife of Janam-ejaya; Sampriyā, wife of Vidūratha; Kuntī, wife of Paṇḍu), MBh.; N. of Dākshāyaṇī in Śri-śaila Cat.; of Durgā, L.; of one of the Mātṛis attending on Skanda, MBh.; of a daughter of Yayāti ib.; (with śAnti) N. of wk.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3155)
mātavi: 01 1. Jaggery; treacle from sweet toddy; 2. Sugar; 3. Procuress; 4. Common delight of the woods; 5. Spurge
02 1. Subhadrā, sister of Kṛṣṇa; 2. Kṛṣṇa's wife; 3. Sacred basil; 4. Durgā; 5. Kōvalaṉ's mistress


 
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