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Plant name	śaivāla
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Ceratophyllum demersum L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	śaivāla, jalanīlī
Hindi name	sevār
Malayalam name	karimpāyal
English name	Hornwort
Search occurrence	śaivāla, jalanīlī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1090) śaivāla, n. the Śaivala plant, MBh.; Hariv. &c.; m. N. of a mountain MārkP.; (pl.) of a people, MBh.; VP.

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