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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
Family	Apiaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Hydrocotyle asiatica L.
Identified with (Skt)	maṇḍūkaparṇī, maṇḍūkī
Identified with (Hin)	brahmamaṇḍūkī, beṃgsāg
Identified with (Tam)	vallārai
Identified with (Mal)	muttiḷ, kuṭaṅṅal, kuṭakan
Identified with (Eng)	Indian pennywort
Search occurrence	maṇḍūkaparṇī, maṇḍūkī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 776) maṇḍūkaparṇa, m. Calosanthes Indica, L.; = kapītana, L.; (ī), f. N. of various plants (Rubia Munjista, Clerodendrum Siphonantus &c.), Bhpr.; L. maṇḍūkaparṇikā, f. a species of plant L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 776) maṇḍūka, m. (ifc. f. ā) a frog, RV. &c. &c.; N. of a partic. breed of horses MBh.; Calosanthes Indica, L.; a machine like a frog, L.; the sole of a horse’s hoof., L.; N. of a Rishi, Pāṇ. 4-1, 119; of a Nāga, L.; (ī) f. a female frog, KV.; N. of various plants (Hydrocotyle Asiatica, Clerodendrum Siphonantus, Ruta Graveolens &c.), L.; a wauton woman, L.; the sole of a horse’s hoof, L.; n. a kind of coitus, L.

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