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Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Roem. & Schult. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Roem. & Schult.
Family	Gentianaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Pladera decussata Roxb.
Identified with (Skt)	śaṅkhinī, śaṅkhapuṣpī
Identified with (Hin)	śaṃkhaphūli
Identified with (Mal)	śamkhapuṣpī, kañcankora
Identified with (Eng)	Canscora
Search occurrence	śaṅkhinī, śaṅkhapuṣpī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1047) śaṅkhapuṣpikā, f. Andropogon Aciculatus, Saṃskārak. śaṅkhapuṣpī, f. id., Vas.; Suśr. (-śṛita mfn. boiled with the above plant, Mn. xi, 148); Canscora Decussata, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1048) śaṅkhinī, f. of prec.; mother of pearl, Bālar.; a partic. plant, Suśr.; Car.; ŚārṅgS. (accord. to L. Andropogon Aciculatus, Cissampelos Hexandra = śveta-cukrā, śveta-puṃnāga, and śveta-vṛndā); a partic. vein (nāḍī), Cat.; N. of one of the four classes into which females are divided (the other three being citriṇī, padminī, and hastinī), RTL. 389; N. of a Śakti worshipped by Buddhists, Kālac.; a kind of semidivine being or fairy (upadevatā-viśeṣa), W.; N. of a Tīrtha, MBh.

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