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Plant name	bṛhatī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Solanum anguivi Lam. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Solanum indicum L.
Sanskrit name	bṛhatī, vṛhatī, siṃhī
Hindi name	barhaṇṭā, birhaṭṭā
Tamil name	karimuḷḷi, puttiriccuṇṭai
Malayalam name	puttiriccuṇṭa, ceṛucuṇṭa, ceṛuvaḻutina
English name	Poison berry
Search occurrence	bṛhatī, vṛhatī, siṃhī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 735) bṛhatī, f. fr. bRkatN. of a partic. metre of 36 (orig. 8+ 8+12+8) syllables or (later) anymetre containing 36 syllables (ifc. -tIka, mfn. ), RV., RPrāt., AV. Br. &c.; a symbolical expression for the number 36 ŚrS.; (pl.) N. of partic. bricks forming part of the sacrificial fire-altar, ŚBr. Śulbas.; a partic. Solanum (-dvaya n. two species of it), SalṅkhGṛ., Suśr.; a part of the body between the breast and backbone, Suśr.; (du.) heaven and earth, Gal.; speech (a sense inferred from certain passages); a mantle, wrapper, L.; a place containing water, reservoir, L.; the lute of Nārada or Viśvā-vasu, L.; N. of two wks.; N. of sev. women, Hariv., BhP.

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