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Plant name	gavedhuka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Coix lacryma L. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Sanskrit name	gavedhuka
Hindi name	gurlū, śaṃkrū
Tamil name	kāṭṭukuntumaṇi
Malayalam name	kāṭṭugōtampu, kākkappaḷuṅku
English name	Job’s tears
Search occurrence	gavedhuka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 351) gavedhuka, m. id., Hariv. 11164; Suśr. i, 46, 1, 18; a kind of serpent, v, 4, 32; n. = gaveruka, L.; (ā), f. = °vīdh°, ŚBr. v, xiv; Sida alba, Bhpr.; = gaveśakā, L.

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