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Plant name	mādhavī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Hiptage benghalensis Kurz - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Hiptage madablota Gaertn.
Sanskrit name	mādhavī
Hindi name	mādhavīlatā, madhumālatī
Tamil name	mātavi, vacantakāl mallikai
Malayalam name	sītāmpū, sītāmpu
English name	Clustered hiptage
Search occurrence	mādhavī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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.

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