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Plant name	veṇu
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Bambos arundinacea Retz.
Sanskrit name	vaṃśa, veṇu
Hindi name	bāṃs, kaṇṭabāṃs
Tamil name	mūṅkil
Malayalam name	muḷa, illi
English name	Thorny bamboo
Search occurrence	vaṃśa, veṇu, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1014) veṇu, or veṇu m. (prob. connected with √1. ve) a bamboo, reed, cane, RV. &c. &c.; a flute, fife, pipe, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; N. of a deity of the Bodhi tree, Lalit.; of a king of the Yādavas, MBh.; of a son of Śata-jit, VP.; of a mountain, MārkP.; of a river, L.; (pl.) the descendants of Veṇu, ĀśvŚr. (veṇor viśāle N. of two Sāmans, ĀrshBr.)

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