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Plant name	meṣaśṛṅgī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Periploca sylvestris Retz.
Sanskrit name	meṣaśṛṅgī, madhunāśinī
Hindi name	guḍmār, merāsiṃgī
Tamil name	cakkaraikkolli, ciṟukuṟiñjā
Malayalam name	bakkarakkolli, madhunāśini
English name	Periploca of the woods
Search occurrence	meṣaśṛṅgī, madhunāśinī, madhunāśini, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 833) meṣaśṛṅga, m. a species of tree, MBh.; Suśr.; a species of poisonous plant, L.; (ī), f. Odina Pinnata or Gymnema Sylvestre, L.

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