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 Plant namevāstuka
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameChenopodium album L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit namevāstuka
 Hindi namebettūsāg, candan-betu
 Tamil namecarkkaraivartti, paruppukkīrai
 Malayalam namevāstuccīra
 English nameLamb’s quarters, Wild spinach, White goosefoot
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 949)
vāstuka, mfn. left remaining on the sacrificial ground, BhP. (cf. prec. and vāstu-ha); m. n. Chenopodium Album, Suśr.; (ī), f. a kind of vegetable, L.


 
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