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Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R.Br. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R.Br.
Family	Lamiaceae
Identified with (Skt)	vaikuṇṭha, mahādroṇa
Identified with (Hin)	codhārā
Identified with (Tam)	pēymaruṭṭi
Identified with (Mal)	karintumpa
Identified with (Eng)	Malabar catmint
Search occurrence	vaikuṇṭha, mahādroṇa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 796) mahādroṇā or °nī, f. a species of plant, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1020) vaikuṇṭha, m. (fr. vi-kuṇṭha) N. of Indra, Śbr.; KaushUp.; of Vishṇu (Kṛshṇa), Mbh.; Hariv. &c.; a statue of Vishṇu, Rājat.; the 24th day in the month of Brahmā, L.; (in music) a kind of measure, Saṃgīt.; a kind of Ocimum, L.; N. of various men (esp. authors and teachers), Cat.; (with Indra), N. of the supposed author of RV. x, 48-50, Anukr.; pl. or sg. (scil. gaṇa) N. of a class of gods, Pur.; m. or n. Vishṇu’s heaven (variously described as situated in the northern ocean or on the eastern peak of mount Meru), Pañcat.; BhP. &c.; n. talc, W.; (ā), f. Vaikuṇṭha’s (Vishṇu’s) Śakti, Pañcar.

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