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Plant name	pītatailā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Celastrus paniculatus Willd. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	jyotiṣmatī, pītatailā
Hindi name	mālkaṅganī, mālkuṅkī
Tamil name	vāluḷuvai
Malayalam name	ceṛuppunna, vāluḻavam, pāluḻavam
English name	Climbing staff plant
Search occurrence	jyotiṣmatī, pītatailā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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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