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Carissa carandas L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Carissa carandas L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Identified with (Skt)	karamarda, āvighna
Identified with (Hin)	karaunṭā, karoṇṭī
Identified with (Tam)	kaḷākkāy, peruṅkaḷā
Identified with (Mal)	kḷāvu, perumkḷāvu, karaṇṭa
Identified with (Eng)	Karaunda, Jasmine flowered carrisa
Search occurrence	karamarda, āvighna, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 108) avighna, mfn. without obstacle, unimpeded, uninterrupted, R.; Śak.; (ā), f. = a-vigna, q.v.; (am), n. want of obstacle, undisturbedness, Ragh. i, 91; (ena), instr. ind. without obstacle, R. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 253) karamarda, m. Carissa Carandas, MBh.; Suśr. &c.; (ā), f. N. of a river, ŚivP.; (ī), f. Carissa Carandas, L.

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