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 Latin namePlumbago indica L.
 FamilyPlumbaginaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Plumbago rosea L.
 Identified with (Skt)citraka, dahana
 Identified with (Hin)lālcitrā, raktacitrā
 Identified with (Tam)ceṅkoṭi vēli, cittiramūlam
 Identified with (Mal)koṭuvēl, cettikkoṭuvēli, cuvannakoṭuvēli
 Identified with (Eng)Fire plant, Rosy-flowered leadwort
 Botanical infoA perennial shrub growing throughout India, leaves simple, alternate, oblong, flowers red, in long terminal spikes, stout roots are cylindrical, light yellowish brown, a light yellow juice extrudes from the fresh cut surface
 Search occurrencecitraka, dahana, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imagePlumbago indica L. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 397)
citraka, m. a painter, L.; = -tra-kAya, MBh. vii, 1320 (cillaka, C), Pañcat.; a kind of snake, Suśr. v, 4, 33; (in alg.); the 8th unknown quantity; Plumbago zeylanica, i, 38; iv; Ricinus communis, L.; N. of a son (of Vṛishṇi or Pṛiśni, Hariv.; of Dhṛita-rāṣṭra, MBh. i, 2740); of a Nāga, L., Sch.; (pl.) of a people, ii, 1804; n. a mark (only ifc. 'marked or characterised by' TBr. i, 1, 9, 5, Sch..); a sectarial mark on the forehead, L.; a painting, Hariv. 7074; a particular manner of fighting (cf. -tra-hasta), 15979 (v.l. cakraka) [397,3]; N. of a wood near the mountain Raivataka, 8952.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 473)
dahana, mf(ī)n. burning, consuming by fire, scorching, destroying (chiefly ifc.), Hariv., BhP., Bhartṛ.; (said of the dhAraNā of fire) Goraksh. 164; m. fire (of three kinds), Agni, Kauś., MBh. &c. (ifc., f. ā Horāś.); the numeral three, VarBṛS., Sūryas.; one of the 5 forms of fire in the Svāhā-kāra, Hariv. 10465; a pigeon, L.; Plumbago zeylanica, L.; Anacardium officinarum, L.; N. of an attendant of Skanda, MBh. ix, 2536; N. of a Rudra, i, MatsyaP.; n. burning, consuming by fire, Kauś. 80, R. vii, Ragh. &c.; cauterising, Suśr.; sour gruel Npr.; (ā), f. N. of part of the moon's course, VarBṛS. ix, 1-3, Sch.; (ī), f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1414)
cittiramūlam: 1. Ceylon leadwort.; 2. Rosy-flowered leadwort


 
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