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Plant name	kunda
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Jasminum multiflorum Roth - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Jasminum pubescens Willd.
Sanskrit name	kunda
Hindi name	kundphūl
Tamil name	makarantam, mallikai
Malayalam name	kurukkuttimulla
English name	Downy jasmine
Search occurrence	kunda, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 291) kunda, m. (Uṇ. iv, 101) a kind of jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum or +pubescens), MBh. &c.; fragrant oleander (Nerium odorum, [karavīra]), L.; Olibanum (the resin of the plant Boswellia thurifera), L.; a turner’s lathe, L.; one of Kubera’s nine treasures (N. of a [guhyaka], Gal.), L.; the number ”nine”, W.; N. of Vishṇu, MBh. xiii. 7036; of a mountain, BhP. v, 20, 10; ([am]) n. the jasmine flower.

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