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Plant name	dhānya
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Oryza sativa L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	dhānya, vrīhi, śāli
Hindi name	dhān, cāval
Tamil name	arici, nel
Malayalam name	nellu, naveranellu, ari
English name	Paddy, Rice
Search occurrence	dhānya, vrīhi, śāli, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 514f.) dhānya, 1 mfn. consisting or made of grain, RV.; AV.; n. corn, grain, ib. &c. &c. (according to Suśr. only śālayaḥ, ṣaṣṭikāḥ & vīhayaḥ, the other grains being ku-dhānya, q.v.); a measure = 4 sesamum seeds, L.; coriander (also ā f.), L.; Cyperus Rotundus, L.; a kind of house, Gal. dhānya, 2 n. (fr. dhana) the being rich, richness, Dhātup. xx, 3.

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