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Plant name	vālaka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Plectranthus vettiveroides (Jacob) N.P.Singh & B.D.Sharma - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Coleus vettiveroides Jacob
Sanskrit name	hrīvera, vālaka
Hindi name	vālak
Tamil name	karuvēr, veṭṭivēr
Malayalam name	iruvēli
Search occurrence	hrīvera, vālaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 946) vālaka, m. the tail of a horse or of an elephant, L.; m. n. a kind of Andropogon, Kāv., VarBṛS., Suśr.; a bracelet, L.; n. a finger-ring, L.; (ikā), f. a seal-ring, Hcar., Sch. (L. also, m.); sand, L.; a kind of ornament for the ears, L.; the rustling of leaves, L.

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