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Plant name	nīvāra
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Hygroryza aristata Nees - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Pharus aristatus Retz.
Sanskrit name	nīvāra
Hindi name	jaṅgalī dāl
Tamil name	vaḷḷippul
Malayalam name	varinellu, nīṛvallippullu
English name	Bengal wild rice
Search occurrence	nīvāra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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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