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Allium sativum L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Allium sativum L.
Family	Liliaceae
Identified with (Skt)	laśuna, rasona
Identified with (Hin)	laśun, lahsun
Identified with (Tam)	veḷḷaippūṇṭu
Identified with (Mal)	veḷḷuḷḷi
Identified with (Eng)	Garlic
Search occurrence	laśuna, rasona, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 899) laśuna, n. or (rarely) m. (Uṇ. iii, 57; sometimes written lasuna cf. rasuna) garlic, Gaut.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; one of the 10 kinds of onion, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 871) rasuna, m. Allium Ascalonicum, L. (cf. laśuna). rasona or °naka, m. id., Suśr., L.

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