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īśvarī details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Plant name	īśvarī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Aristolochia indica L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	garalikā, īśvarī
Hindi name	īśvarmūl, īsarmūl
Tamil name	īccuramūli, karuṭakkoṭi
Malayalam name	karaḷayam, iśvaramulla, karaḷakam, garuḍakkoṭi
English name	Indian birthwort
Search occurrence	garalikā, īśvarī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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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