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 Plant namedamanaka
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameArtemisia vulgaris L. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Artemisia nilagirica (Clark) Pamp.
 Sanskrit namedamanaka, damana
 Hindi namenāgdonā, davanā, daunā
 Bengali namenāgadānā
 Tamil namemācipattiri, makkippū, tirunāmacceṭi
 Malayalam namemāśipatṛi, makkippūvu
 English nameIndian wormwood, Fleabane, Mugwort
 Search occurrencedamanaka, damana, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 469)
damanaka, m. Artemisia indica VarBṛS. lxxvii, 13 BhavP. ii; N. of a man Bharaṭ. iii; of a jackal Pañcat. i, 25/26. Kathās. lx, 19 ff.; (n.?) N. of a metre of 4 times 6 short syllables; of another of 4 lines of 10 short syllables and one long each.


 
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