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 Latin nameCitrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
 FamilyCucurbitaceae
 Identified with (Skt)viśālā, mahendravāruṇī
 Identified with (Hin)baḍī indrāyan, makkāl
 Identified with (Tam)pēykkommaṭṭi, pēytummaṭṭi
 Identified with (Mal)kāṭṭuveḷḷari, valia pēkkummaṭṭi
 Identified with (Eng)Colocynth, Bitter apple
 Search occurrenceviśālā, mahendravāruṇī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 990)
viśāla, mf(ā, accord. to g. bahvādi also ī)n. (prob. fr. √viś; accord. to others, fr. vi-√śṛ) spacious, extensive, broad, wide, large, TS. &c. &c. (am ind. extensively, PañcavBr.); great, important, powerful, mighty, illustrious, eminent, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; (ifc.) abundant in, full of, Kap.; m. a kind of beast or bird or plant, L.; a partic. Shaḍ-aha, ŚrS.; N. of the father of Takshaka, ŚaṅkhGṛ.; of an Asura, Kathās.; of a son of Ikshvāku (founder of the city Viśālā), R.; of a son of Tṛnabindu, Pur.; of a king of Vaidiśa, MārkP.; of a mountain, ib.; (ā) f. colocynth, Suśr.; Basella Cordifolia, L.; Portulaca Quadrifida, L.; = mahendravāruṇī, L.; (in music) a partic. Mūrchanā, Saṃgīt.; N. of the city Ujjayinī or Ougein, R.; Megh.; Kathās.; of another town (see vaiśālī, vaiśalī); of a river and a hermitage situated on it, MBh.; R.; BhP.; = sarasvatī, L.; N. of an Apsaras, VP.; of the wife of Aja-mīḍha, MBh.; of the wife of Arishṭa-nemi (and daughter of Daksha), GāruḍaP.; (ī) f. a kind of plant, L.; n. N. of a place of pilgrimage, Bh.; du. (with viṣṇoḥ) N. of two Sāmans, ĀrshBr.


 
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