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Plant name	vatsanābha
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Aconitum ferox Wall. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	vatsanābha
Hindi name	bachnāg, mīṭhāviṣ
Tamil name	vaccanāpi
Malayalam name	vatsanābhi
English name	Indian aconite, Monk’s hood
Search occurrence	vatsanābha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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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