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Plant name	śrīkhaṇḍa
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Santalum album L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	candana, śrīkhaṇḍa
Hindi name	saphed candan
Tamil name	cantaṉam
Malayalam name	candanam
English name	Sandal tree, White sandal tree
Search occurrence	candana, śrīkhaṇḍa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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.

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