Plant name | vrīhi | 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. 1043) vrīhi, m. (of doubtful derivation) rice pl. grains of rice (not mentioned in RV., but in RV. named together with yava, mātha, and tila; eight principal sorts are enumerated by native authorities), RV. &c. &c.; a field of rice, KātyŚr.; rice ripening in the rainy season, W.; any grain, L.
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