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 Latin nameHedyotis corymbosa (L.) Lam.
 FamilyRubiaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
 Identified with (Skt)parpaṭa, parpaṭaka
 Identified with (Hin)pītpapḍā, daman pāppaḍ
 Identified with (Tam)paṟpaṭakam
 Identified with (Mal)paṛppaṭakappuḷḷu, paṛppaṭakam
 Search occurrenceparpaṭa, parpaṭaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 606)
parpaṭa m. a species of medicinal plant Suśr. (Hedyotis Burmanniana or Mollugo Pentaphylla L.); a kind of thin cake made of rice or pease-meal and baked in grease L.; (ī) f. a red-colouring Oldenlandia Bhpr.; a kind of fragrant earth L.; a thin crisp cake (prob. = m.) W.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 606)
parpaṭaka, m. a species of medicinal plant (= -paṭa), Suśr.; Car.; Bhpr.; (ī), f. the same or some other med. plant, Car.

parpaṭa, m. a species of medicinal plant, Suśr. (Hedyotis Burmanniana or Mollugo Pentaphylla, L.); a kind of thin cake made of rice or pease-meal and baked in grease, L.; (ī), f. a red-colouring Oldenlandia, Bhpr.; a kind of fragrant earth, L.; a thin crisp cake (prob.=m.), W.


 
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