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Ophiorrhiza mungos L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Ophiorrhiza mungos L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Identified with (Skt)	sarpākṣī, sarpārī
Identified with (Hin)	sarhaṭi
Identified with (Tam)	kīrippūṇṭu, kīrippuraṇṭaṉ
Identified with (Mal)	avilpori
Identified with (Eng)	Mongoose plant, Indian snake root
Search occurrence	sarpākṣī, sarpārī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1184) sarpākṣa, m. the berry of the Elaeocarpus Ganitrus, L.; Ophiorrhiza Mungos, ib.; (ī), f. a kind of plant, Suśr.; the plant Sarpa-kaṅkālī, MW.; = gandha-nākulī, L.; = gaṇḍālī, Bhpr.; = nāga-phaṇī, ib.; = nāḍī-kalāpaka, MW. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1184) sarpāri, m. id., a peacock, Subh.; an ichneumon, L.; N. of Garuḍa (in next); -ketana, m. N. of Kṛshṇa, Hariv.

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