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Plant name	dahana
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Plumbago indica L. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Plumbago rosea L.
Sanskrit name	citraka, dahana
Hindi name	lālcitrā, raktacitrā
Tamil name	ceṅkoṭi vēli, cittiramūlam
Malayalam name	koṭuvēl, cettikkoṭuvēli, cuvannakoṭuvēli
English name	Fire plant, Rosy-flowered leadwort
Search occurrence	citraka, dahana, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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.

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