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Plant name	nikuñjikā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Acacia caesia (L.) Willd. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Acacia intsia (L.) Willd.
Sanskrit name	nikuñjikā
Hindi name	ailā, nikuñcaṃ
Tamil name	iñcakkāy, cīṅkāy, iṇṭu, veḷḷiṇṭu
Malayalam name	iñca
Search occurrence	nikuñjikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 544) nikuñja, m. (n., L.) an arbour, a bower, thicket, MBh.; Kāv. &c. nikuñjikāmlā, f. a species of plant (=kuñjikā), L.

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