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Plant name	arjaka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Ocimum basilicum L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	barbarī, arjaka
Hindi name	bābul, bābuyitulasī
Tamil name	tirunītturu, tirunīruppaccai
Malayalam name	rāmattuḷasi
English name	Sweet basil, Common basil
Search occurrence	barbarī, arjaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 90) arjaka, mfn. procuring, acquiring, L.; m. the plant Ocimum Gratissimum, L.

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