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 Plant namemadayantikā
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameLawsonia inermis L. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Lawsonia alba Lam.
 Sanskrit namemedhinī, madayantikā, nakharajanī
 Hindi namemehanti, henā
 Tamil namemailēnanti, marutāṇi
 Malayalam namemailāñci, mayilāñci
 English nameHenna, Egyptian priven, Cypress shrub
 Search occurrencemedhinī, madayantikā, nakharajanī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 778)
madayantikā, f. Arabian jasmine, VarYogay.; N. of a woman, Mālatīm.


 
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