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 Latin nameSantalum album L.
 FamilySantalaceae
 Identified with (Skt)candana, śrīkhaṇḍa
 Identified with (Hin)saphed candan
 Identified with (Tam)cantaṉam
 Identified with (Mal)candanam
 Identified with (Eng)Sandal tree, White sandal tree
 Botanical infoAn evergreen, semi parasitic glabrous tree growing in dry areas of India, especially in Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala up to 1200 m, leaves simple, opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, flowers brownish purple, reddish purple or violet in terminal and axillary paniculate cymes, fruits globose drupes, purple black, the heartwood is light yellowish when fresh, turning dark, highly scented
 Search occurrencecandana, śrīkhaṇḍa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 386)
candana, m. n. sandal (Sirium myrtifolium, either the tree, wood, or the unctuous preparation of the wood held in high estimation as perfumes; hence ifc. a term for anything which is the most excellent of its kind g. vyAghrādi) Nir. xi. 5, MBh., R. &c. (ifc., f. ā, Ragh. vi, 61); m. N. of a divine being, Lalit. i, 93; of a prince; = -naka, Mṛicch. vi, 25; N. of an ape, R. iv, 41, 3; n. the grass Bhadra-kālī, L.; (ā), f. a kind of creeper, L.; N. of a river, VP. (v.l. for -ndrā); (ī), f. N. of a river, R. iv, 40, 20 (cf. ku-, pIta-, rakta-, śveta-, hari-.)

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1099)
śrīkhaṇḍa, m. or n. (?) the sandal-tree, sandal, Kāv., Kathās. &c.; (ī), f. see comp.; -khaNDa, m. n. a quantity of sandal Subh.; -carcā, f. sandal unguent, Gīt.; -tamAla-pattra Nom. P. -ttrati, to represent a sandal mark on the forehead Prasannar.; -dAsa, m. N. of a man Ratnāv.; -druma, m. the sandal-tree, Rājat.; -pRthvI-dhara, m. 'sandal-mountain', the Malaya range, Vcar.; -vilepana n. anointing with sandal Hit.; -śItala, mfn. cool as sandal, Kathās.; -śaila, m. (= pRthvI-dhara), Gīt.; -Dāṅga-rAga, m. anointing the body with sandal, Kathās.; -Dārdra-vilepana n. moist unguent of sandal ib.; -DI-vedānta-sAra, m. N. of wk.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1265)
cantaṉam: 01 1. Sandalwood tree, s. tr., Santalum album; 2. Sandal paste
02 Car, chariot


 
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