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 Plant namedhānya
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameOryza sativa L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit namedhānya, vrīhi, śāli
 Hindi namedhān, cāval
 Tamil namearici, nel
 Malayalam namenellu, naveranellu, ari
 English namePaddy, Rice
 Search occurrencedhānya, vrīhi, śāli, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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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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