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Plant name	vātaghnī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Justicia gendarussa Burm.f. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Gendarussa vulgaris Nees
Sanskrit name	vātaghnī
Hindi name	nīlīnirguṇḍī, udisaṃbhālu
Tamil name	vāṭaikkuṟṟi
Malayalam name	vātamkolli
Search occurrence	vātaghnī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 934) vātaghna, mf(ī)n. removing disorders of the wind, Suśr.; m. the shrub Hedysarum Gangeticum and other plants, L.; N. of a son of Viśvāmitra, MBh.

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