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Aconitum ferox Wall. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Aconitum ferox Wall.
Family	Ranunculaceae
Identified with (Skt)	vatsanābha
Identified with (Hin)	bachnāg, mīṭhāviṣ
Identified with (Tam)	vaccanāpi
Identified with (Mal)	vatsanābhi
Identified with (Eng)	Indian aconite, Monk’s hood
Search occurrence	vatsanābha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 915) vatsanābha, m. a partic. tree, Mbh.; Hariv. (also °bhaka); N. of a mythical being Hariv. (v.l. rajata-n°); m. n. (also °bhaka) a partic. strong poison prepared from the root of a kind of aconite (said to resemble the nipple of a cow; it is also called Mīthā zahṛ) Suśr.; Bhpr.; n. a cavity of a partic. shape in the frame of a bedstead, VarBṛS.

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