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Plant name	mūrvā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Echites fragrans Moon
Sanskrit name	mūrvā, moraṭā
Hindi name	garbhedaro
Malayalam name	peruṅkurumpa
Search occurrence	mūrvā, moraṭā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 826) mūrvā, f. (cf. mūrv) Sanseviera Roxburghiana (a sort of hemp from which bowstrings and the girdle of the Kshatriyas are made), Var.; Suśr. (cf. maurva).

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