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Celastrus paniculatus Willd. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Celastrus paniculatus Willd.
Family	Celastraceae
Identified with (Skt)	jyotiṣmatī, pītatailā
Identified with (Hin)	mālkaṅganī, mālkuṅkī
Identified with (Tam)	vāluḷuvai
Identified with (Mal)	ceṛuppunna, vāluḻavam, pāluḻavam
Identified with (Eng)	Climbing staff plant
Search occurrence	jyotiṣmatī, pītatailā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 427) jyotiṣmat, mfn. luminous, brilliant, shining, belonging to the world of light, celestial, RV.; AV. &c. (°tī triṣṭubh, "the heavenly Trishṭubh" of 3 x 12 and 1 x 8 syllables, RPrāt.) [427,3]; spiritual, pure, Yogas. i, 36; m. the sun, Daś. viii, 114; = °ṣī-mat, q.v.; the 3rd foot of Brahmā, ChUp. iv, 7, 3 f.; N. of a son (of Manu Svāyambhuva, Hariv. 415; of Manu Sāvarṇa, 467; of Priya-vrata [king of Kuśa-dvīpa], VP.); of a mountain, BhP. v, 20, 4; (tī) f. "starillumined", night, L.; a kind of sacrificial brick, VS.; TS. i; a kind of Trishṭubh; = °ṣkā, Suśr.; VarBṛS. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 629) pītataila, mfn. one who has drunk oil, filled with oil (cf. taila-pīta); (ā), f. Cardiospermum Halicacabum and some other species, L.

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