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Plant name	sarṣapa
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Sinapis juncea L.
Sanskrit name	sarṣapa, rājikā
Hindi name	rāyī
Tamil name	kaṭuku
Malayalam name	kaṭuku, ceṛukaṭuku
English name	Indian mustard
Search occurrence	sarṣapa, rājikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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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