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Plant name	vetasa
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Homonoia riparia Lour. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	jalavetasa, vetasa
Hindi name	jalbent
Tamil name	kāṭṭu araḷi
Malayalam name	āṟṟuvaññi, puḻavaññi, nīṛvaññi, kāṭallari
Search occurrence	jalavetasa, vetasa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1014) vetasa, m. (cf. veta and vetra) the ratan (Calamus Rotang) or a similar kind of cane, a reed, rod, stick, RV. &c. &c.; the citron (Citrus Medica), MW.; N. of Agni, ib.; (ī), f. the ratan, cane, reed, Kathās. (°sī-taru, Sāh.); n. a lancet shaped like a pointed leaf of the ratan, Vāgbh.; N. of a city, Kathās. [Cf. accord. to some, Gk. ***; Lat. vitis; Germ. wida, Weide; Eng. withy.]

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