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Plant name	bhūrja
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Betula utilis D.Don - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Betula bhojpattra Wall.
Sanskrit name	bhūrja, bahulavalkala
Prakrit name	bhujja, bhūja, bhua
Hindi name	bhojpatra
Bengali name	bhūrja
Tamil name	pūrccamaram
Malayalam name	bhūrjjamaram, bhūjapatram
English name	Himalayan birch, Jacquemon tree
Search occurrence	bhūrja, bahulavalkala, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 764) bhūrja, m. a species of birch (the Bhoj tree, Betula Bhojpatra, the bark of which is used for writing on) Kāṭh.; Kāv.; Var. &c.; n. a leaf made of birch bark for writing on, Kāraṇḍ.; a written deed, document, Lokapr. Cf. Slav. brěza; Lith. berzas; Germ. bircha, Birke; Eng. birch.

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