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 Plant namepañcāṅgula
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameRicinus communis L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit nameeraṇḍa, pañcāṅgula
 Hindi nameeraṇḍī, eraṇḍ
 Tamil nameāmaṇakku, koṭṭaimuttu, āmaṇakkamceṭi
 Malayalam nameāvaṇakku
 English nameCastor, Castor oil-plant
 Search occurrenceeraṇḍa, pañcāṅgula, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 578)
pañcāṅgula, mfn. measuring 5 fingers; m. Ricinus Communis (which has 5-lobed leaves), Suśr.; (ī), f. a species of shrub, L.


 
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