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Plant name	nakharajanī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Lawsonia inermis L. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Lawsonia alba Lam.
Sanskrit name	medhinī, madayantikā, nakharajanī
Hindi name	mehanti, henā
Tamil name	mailēnanti, marutāṇi
Malayalam name	mailāñci, mayilāñci
English name	Henna, Egyptian priven, Cypress shrub
Search occurrence	medhinī, madayantikā, nakharajanī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 524) nakharajanī, f. a kind of plant and its fruit, L.

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