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Plant name	aruṣkara
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Semecarpus anacardium L.f. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	bhallātaka, aruṣkara
Hindi name	bhelā, bhilāvā
Tamil name	ceṅkoṭṭai, erimuki
Malayalam name	cēru, alakkucēru
English name	Marking nut tree
Search occurrence	bhallātaka, aruṣkara, bhallātaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 88) aruṣkara, mfn. causing wounds, wounding, Suśr.; m. the tree Semecarpus Anacardium; (am) n. the nut of that tree, Suśr.

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