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Plant name	śobhāñjana
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Moringa oleifera Lam. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	śigru, śobhāñjana
Hindi name	sahijan, munaganā
Tamil name	muruṅkai
Malayalam name	muriṅṅa
English name	Horse-radish tree, Drumstick tree
Search occurrence	śigru, śobhāñjana, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1092) śobhāñjana, m. Moringa Pterygosperma (its leaves, flowers and root are edible and are used medicinally = śigru, q.v.), MBh.; Suśr.; Bhpr.

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