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Plant name	indravāruṇī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Cucumis trigonus Roxb. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	indravāruṇī
Hindi name	jaṅgal indrāyan, bislambī
Tamil name	kāṭṭuttummaṭṭi
Malayalam name	kāṭṭuveḷḷari, pēkkummaṭṭi
English name	Bitter gourd
Search occurrence	indravāruṇī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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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