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Hygroryza aristata Nees details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Hygroryza aristata Nees
Family	Poaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Pharus aristatus Retz.
Identified with (Skt)	nīvāra
Identified with (Hin)	jaṅgalī dāl
Identified with (Tam)	vaḷḷippul
Identified with (Mal)	varinellu, nīṛvallippullu
Identified with (Eng)	Bengal wild rice
Search occurrence	nīvāra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 567) nīvāra, m. (ifc. f. ā) wild rice (sg. the plant; pl. the grains), VS.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.; (ā), f. N. of a river, MBh.; VP. (v.l. ni-v°).

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