• Pandanus Homepage • Database of Plants • Publications • Sanskrit E-texts • Seminar of Indian Studies •

Nardostachys grandiflora DC. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

Back to the list of plant names

Latin name	Nardostachys grandiflora DC.
Family	Valerianaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Nardostachys jatamansi DC.
Identified with (Skt)	jaṭāmāṃsī, māṃsī
Identified with (Hin)	jaṭāmāṃsi, jaṭālasī
Identified with (Tam)	caṭāmāñci
Identified with (Mal)	jaṭāmāñci, jaṭāmāmsi, māñci
Identified with (Eng)	Spikenard, Indian nard, Musk root
Search occurrence	jaṭāmāṃsī, māṃsī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Nardostachys grandiflora DC. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 409) jaṭāmāṃsī, f. -vatī, L. jaṭāvatī, f. Nardostachys Jatamansi, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 805) māṃsa, n. sg. and pl. flesh, meat, RV. &c. &c. (also said of the fleshy part or pulp of fruit, Suśr.); m. N. of a mixed caste, MBh. (= māṃsa-vikretṛ, Nīlak.); a worm, L.; time, L.; (ī), f. Nardostachys Jatamansi, Var.; Suśr.

(c) 1998-2009 Seminar of Indian Studies, Institute of South and Central Asia, Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Development of this database of Indian plant names was made possible by the generous funding of the Grant Agency of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.