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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Family	Brassicaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Sinapis juncea L.
Identified with (Skt)	sarṣapa, rājikā
Identified with (Hin)	rāyī
Identified with (Tam)	kaṭuku
Identified with (Mal)	kaṭuku, ceṛukaṭuku
Identified with (Eng)	Indian mustard
Search occurrence	sarṣapa, rājikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 875) rājikā, f. a stripe, streak, line, L.; a field, L.; Sinapis Ramosa (a grain of it = 1/3 Sarshapa), Suśr.; ŚārṅgS.; a partic. eruption (enumerated among the Kshudra-rogas), ŚārṅgS. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1189) sarṣapa, m. mustard, mustardseed, ShaḍvBr. &c. &c.; a mustard-seed used as a weight, any minute weight, Mn.; ŚārṅgS.; a kind of poison, L.; (ī), f. a kind of herb, L.; a partic. eruption of the body, Car.; a kind of small bird (said to be a species of wagtail, = khañjanikā), L.

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