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Plant name	pāṭalā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Stereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatterjee, Bignonia suaveolens Roxb.
Sanskrit name	pāṭalā
Hindi name	parāl, pāṭar, pādrī
Tamil name	pātiri, pūmpātiri
Malayalam name	pūppātiri, pātiri
English name	Trumpet flower tree, Yellow snake tree
Search occurrence	pāṭalā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 615) pāṭala, mf(ā)n. pale red, pink, pallid, Kauś., Var., Kāv.; (f. ī) made of the Pāṭalī or forming a part of it g. bilvādi; m. a pale red hue, rose colour, Rājat.; Bignonia Suaveolens (the tree bearing the trumpet-flower), MBh., Kāv. &c.; a species of rice ripening in the rains, Suśr.; Rottleria Tinctoria, L.; N. of a man, Rājat.; (ā), f. Bignonia Suaveolens, Kāv.; red Lodhra, L.; a kind of fresh water fish, Suśr.; a form of Durgā Tantras.; of Dālkshāyaṇī, MatsyaP.; n. the trumpet-flower (also ā, f.), MBh., Kāv. &c.; saffron, L.

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