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 Latin nameTerminalia chebula Retz.
 FamilyCombretaceae
 Identified with (Skt)abhayā, harītakī, pathyā
 Identified with (Hin)harā, harārā, haraḍ
 Identified with (Tam)kaṭukkāy
 Identified with (Mal)kaṭukka
 Identified with (Eng)Chebulic myrobalan
 Botanical infoA deciduous tree with cylindrical bole, growing throughout India in deciduous forests on dry slopes up to 900 m, leaves ovate, elliptic or obovate, flowers yellowish white in terminal simple spikes or short panicles, fruits glabrous, yellow to orange brown in colour, seeds hard, pale yellow
 Search occurrenceabhayā, harītakī, pathyā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Encyclopedias &
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 60)
abhaya, mf(ā)n. unfearful, not dangerous, secure; (a-bhaya), mfn. fearless, undaunted, ŚBr. xiv; m. N. of Śiva; of a natural son of Bimbisāra; of a son of Idhmajihva, BhP.; of a river in Krauñcadvīpa, BhP.; (ā), f. the plant Terminalia Chebula; (a-bhayam), n. (ifc., f. ā) absence or removal of fear, peace, safety, security, RV. &c. (cf. abhaya-tama below); 'safety', (applied as proper name to) a child of Dharma and his reign in Plakshadvīpa, BhP.; a kind of symbol procuring security, Hcat.; a sacrificial hymn recited to obtain personal security, Kauś.; the root of a fragrant grass, Andropogon Muricatum.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1292)
harītakī, f. (rarely -ka, m. n.) the yellow Myrobalan tree, Terminalia Chebula (28 synonyms and seven varieties are enumerated; the fruit is used for dyeing yellow and as a laxative), Suśr., Hariv., VarBṛS.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 582)
pathya, mfn. 'belonging to the way', suitable, fit, proper, wholesome, salutary (lit. and fig.; esp. said of diet in a medical sense), Yājñ., MBh., Suśr. &c.; containing elements or leading forms, regular, normal Lāṭy. Nid.; m. Terminalia Chebula or Citrina, L.; N. of a teacher of, AV.; (a), f. a path, way, road (with revatī, 'the auspicious path, personified as a deity of happiness and welfare), RV., TS. Br.; Terminalia Chebula or Citrina and other plants, L.; N. of sev. metres Nid., Col.; N. of a woman, Kathās.; n. a species of salt, L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 671)
kaṭukkāy: 1. Gall-nut, one of the tiri-palai; 2. Chebulic myrobalan, m. tr., Terminalia chebula;


 
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