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 Latin nameCucumis trigonus Roxb.
 FamilyCucurbitaceae
 Identified with (Skt)indravāruṇī
 Identified with (Hin)jaṅgal indrāyan, bislambī
 Identified with (Tam)kāṭṭuttummaṭṭi
 Identified with (Mal)kāṭṭuveḷḷari, pēkkummaṭṭi
 Identified with (Eng)Bitter gourd
 Search occurrenceindravāruṇī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCucumis trigonus Roxb. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 166f.)
indravāruṇī, f. Colocynth, a wild bitter gourd, Cucumis Colocynthis [167,1]; the favourite plant of Indra and Varuṇa, Comm. on KātyŚr.; L.


 
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