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 Latin nameMucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
 FamilyLeguminosae
 Identified with (Lat)Mucuna prurita Hook., Dolichos pruriens L.
 Identified with (Skt)ātmaguptā, kapikacchu
 Identified with (Hin)goncā, kauñc, kivācc
 Identified with (Tam)pūṉaikkāli, pūṉaippiṭukkaṉ
 Identified with (Mal)nāykkoraṇa, nāykkuṛaṇa, coṛivaḷḷi
 Identified with (Eng)Common cowitch, Cowhage
 Search occurrenceātmaguptā, kapikacchu, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 135)
ātmaguptā, f. the plant Mucuna Pruritus Hook, Suśr.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 250)
kapikacchu, us and ūs, f. Mucuna Pruritus, VarBṛS.


 
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