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Aristolochia indica L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Aristolochia indica L.
Family	Aristolochiaceae
Identified with (Skt)	garalikā, īśvarī
Identified with (Hin)	īśvarmūl, īsarmūl
Identified with (Tam)	īccuramūli, karuṭakkoṭi
Identified with (Mal)	karaḷayam, iśvaramulla, karaḷakam, garuḍakkoṭi
Identified with (Eng)	Indian birthwort
Search occurrence	garalikā, īśvarī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Aristolochia indica L. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 171) īśvara, mfn. able to do, capable of (with gen. of Vedic inf., or with common inf.), liable, exposed to, AV.; TS.; Śbr.; AitBr.; Kum.; Hit. &c.; (as, ī), mf. master, lord, prince, king, mistress, queen, AV.; Śbr.; Ragh.; Mn. &c.; (as), m. a husband, MBh.; God; the Supreme Being, Mn.; Suśr.; Yājñ. &c.; the supreme soul (ātman); Śiva; one of the Rudras; the god of love; N. of a prince; the number "eleven"; (ā or ī), f., N. of Durgā; of Lakshmī; of any other of the Śaktis or female energies of the deities; N. of several plants, L.

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