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 Latin nameTinospora cordifolia Miers
 FamilyMenispermaceae
 Identified with (Skt)guḍūcī, amṛtā
 Identified with (Hin)gulāñcā, giloy, amṛtā
 Identified with (Tam)amurutavaḷḷi, ciṉtilikkoṭi
 Identified with (Mal)ciṟṟamṛtu, amṛtu
 Identified with (Eng)Gulancha tinospora, Tinospora
 Botanical infoA large extensively spreading glabrous perennial deciduous twiner with succulent stems and papery bark, leaves simple, alternate, cordate, flowers yellow in lax racemes, fruits drupes, growing throughout India in forests
 Search occurrenceguḍūcī, amṛtā, amṛtā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 82)
amṛta, (cf., Pāṇ. 6-2, 116), mfn. not dead, MBh.; immortal, RV. &c.; imperishable, RV., VS.; beautiful, beloved, L.; m. an immortal, a god, RV. &c.; N. of Śiva; of Vishṇu, MBh. xiii; of Dhanvantari, L.; the plant Phaseolus Trilobus Ait.; the root of a plant, L.; (ā), f. a goddess, RV. &c.; spirituous liquor, L.; Emblica Officinalis, Terminalia Citrina Roxb., Cocculus Cordifolius, Piper Longum, Ocymum Sanctum; N. of the mother of Parikshit, MBh. i, 3794; of Dākshāyaṇī, MatsyaP.; of a sister of Amṛitodana, Buddh.; of a river, Hcat.; of the first kalā of the moon, BrahmaP.; (am) n. collective body of immortals, RV.; world of immortality, heaven, eternity, RV., VS., AV.; (also āni n. pl., RV. i, 72, 1 and iii, 38, 4); immortality, RV.; final emancipation, L.; the nectar (conferring immortality, produced at the churning of the ocean), ambrosia, RV. (or the voice compared to it, N., Ragh.); nectar-like food; antidote against poison, Suśr.; N. of a medicament, Śiś. ix, 36, medicament in general, Buddh.; the residue of a sacrifice (cf. amṛta-bhuj); unsolicited alms, Mn. iv, 4 and 5, water Naigh.; milk, L. clarified butter, L. (cf. pañcāmṛta), boiled rice, L.; anything sweet, a sweetmeat, R. vii, 7,3; a pear, L.; food, L., property, L.; gold, L.; quicksilver, L.; poison, L.; a particular poison, L.; a ray of light, Ragh. x, 59N. of a metre, RPrāt.; of a sacred place (in the north), Hariv. 14095, of various conjunctions of planets (supposed to confer long life), L.; the number, 'four', L.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 357)
guḍūcī, f. Cocculus cordifolius, Suśr. i, 12; 25; 38; ii, 1, 126 (cf. kanda-; -Dacī, -Ducī.)


 
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