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Cyclea peltata Hook.f.&Thoms. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Cyclea peltata Hook.f.&Thoms.
Family	Menispermaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Cyclea burmanni Arn. ex Wight
Identified with (Skt)	pāṭhā
Identified with (Hin)	pāṭh, pāṭhī
Identified with (Tam)	pāṭā(kkiḻaṅku)
Identified with (Mal)	pāṭavaḷḷi, pāṭakkiḻaṅṅu
Identified with (Eng)	Pata root
Search occurrence	pāṭhā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Cyclea peltata Hook.f.&Thoms. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 615) pāṭha, m. (√paṭh) recitation, recital, Kāv.; reading, perusal, study (esp. of sacred texts), Śiksh. &c.; a partic. method of reciting the text of the Veda (of which there are 5, viz. Saṃhitā, Pada, Krama, Jaṭā and Ghana RTL. 409); the text of a book, SrS.; MBh.; the reading (of a text), Naish. Sch.; = dhātu-pāṭha Vop.; (ā) f. Clypea Hernandifolia, L.

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