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Plant name	siṃhī
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. 1213) siṃhī 1, f. a lioness, RV., VS., TS. &c.; N. of the Uttara-vedi (nom. siMhīḥ), TS.; of various plants (Solanum Jacquini; Solanum Melongena; Gendarussa Vulgaris; Hemionitis Cordifolia; Phaseolus Trilobus) PārGṛ., Suśr.; a vein, L.; N. of the mother of Rāhu (= siMhikā), L.

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