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Plant name	abhayā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Terminalia chebula Retz. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	abhayā, harītakī, pathyā
Hindi name	harā, harārā, haraḍ
Tamil name	kaṭukkāy
Malayalam name	kaṭukka
English name	Chebulic myrobalan
Search occurrence	abhayā, harītakī, pathyā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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.

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