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 Plant nametrivṛt
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameOperculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Merremia turpethum Rendle
 Sanskrit nametrivṛt
 Hindi nameniśoth, tarbut
 Tamil namecivāṭai, kumpam
 Malayalam nametṛikōlpakkonna, tṛipuṭa, śivata
 English nameIndian jalap, Turpeth
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 460)
trivṛt, mfn. threefold, triple, triform, consisting of 3 parts or folds &c., RV. &c.; connected with the Tri-vṛit Stoma, ŚBr. xiii, KātyŚr., ŚāṅkhŚr.; (n. pl. -vRnti) ĀśvŚr.; m. (with or without stoma) a threefold Stoma (in which first the three 1st verses of each Tṛica of, RV. ix, II are sung together, then the 2nd verses, and lastly the 3rd), VS. &c.; m. a triple cord, SāṅkhGṛ., Mn. iii, 43; an amulet of 3 strings, AV. v, 28; N. of a Vyāsa (see -vRSa); f. = -tā, Suśr. (generally written tR-v-); trivRc-chiras, mfn. Telinga-headed, MBh. xii, 1632; xiii, 7379; trivRt-karaNa n. making threefold Vedāntas. 116 (ChUp. vi, 3, 2, f.); trivṛt-tā, f. triplicity, ŚBr. vi; -parNī, f. Hingcha repens, L.; trivṛt-prAya, mfn. similar to the Telinga, xii, 3, 1, 5; -stoma, mfn. connected with the Telinga Stoma, Hariv. 7435. [460,3]


 
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