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 Plant namevitāna
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameMitragyna parvifolia Korth. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Stephegyne parvifolia S.Vidal
 Sanskrit namevitāna
 Hindi namekayim, kaḍḍam, kāṃgī
 Tamil namekaṭampai, nīrkkaṭampu, ciṉṉakkaṭampu
 Malayalam namevīmpu, nīrkkaṭampu, ṛōsu kaṭampu
 English nameKaim
 Search occurrencevitāna, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 952)
vitāna 2, m. n. (for 1. see p. 950, col. 3) extension, great extent or quantity, mass, heap, plenty, abundance, Kāv., VarBṛS.; high degree, Bhartṛ.; manifoldness, variety, Gīt.; performance, accomplishment, development, growth, BhP.; an oblation, sacrifice, MBh., Śiś., BhP.; an awning, canopy, cover, MBh., Kāv. &c.; the separate arrangement of the three sacred fires or the separate fires themselves, GṛŚrS.; m. or n. (?) a partic. bandage for the head, Suśr.; (ā), f. N. of the wife of Sattrāyaṇa, BhP.; n. N. of a partic. metre or of a class of metres Piṅg., Sch., Col.; leisure, opportunity, L.; -kalpa, m. N. of a Pariśiṣṭa belonging to the Atharva-veda, Caraṇ.; -mUlaka n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus, L.; -vat, mfn. having a canopy or awning, Kum.


 
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