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 Plant nameharītakī
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameTerminalia chebula Retz. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit nameabhayā, harītakī, pathyā
 Hindi nameharā, harārā, haraḍ
 Tamil namekaṭukkāy
 Malayalam namekaṭukka
 English nameChebulic myrobalan
 Search occurrenceabhayā, harītakī, pathyā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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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.


 
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