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 Latin nameNymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
 FamilyNymphaeaceae
 Identified with (Skt)kumuda
 Identified with (Hin)kanvāl, kokka
 Identified with (Tam)veḷḷāmpal, allittāmarai
 Identified with (Mal)āmpal
 Identified with (Eng)Indian water-lily
 Botanical infoA perennial aquatic herb with short, roundish tuberous rhizome, leaves floating, pelate, flowers large, floating, solitary, variable in colour from white to red, fruits spongy seeded berries
 Search occurrencekumuda, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageNymphaea nouchali Burm.f. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 292)
kumuda n. [[as], m., L.], 'exciting what joy', the esculent white water-lily (Nymphaea esculenta), AV. iv, 34, 5, Suśr., Śak. &c.; the red lotus (Nymphaea rubra), L.; m. camphor, Bhpr.; (in music) N. of a Dhruvaka; N. of a particular comet, VarBṛS.; of a Nāga, MBh., Ragh.; of an attendant of Skanda [MBh. ix, 2558] or of Vishṇu [BhP.]; of the elephant of the south-west or southern quarter, L.; of a Daitya, L.; of a son of Gada by Bṛihatī, Hariv. 9193; of a confidant of king Unmatt vanti, Rājat.; of a monkey-hero, MBh., R.; of a poet; of a pupil of Pathya, BhP. xii, 7, 2; of a mountain, BhP., VP.; of one of the smaller Dvīpas, VP.; ([ā]), f. a form of Durgā, BhP. x, 2, 12, MatsyaP.; the plant Gmelina arborea, L.; the plant Pistia stratiotes, L.; the plant Desmodium gangeticum, L.; the plant Grislea tomentosa, L.; another plant (commonly Kaṭphala), L.; ([ī]), f. the plant Kaṭphala (Myrica sapida); ([am]) n. camphor, L.; silver, L.


 
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