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Plant name	sarala
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Pinus roxburghii Sarg. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Pinus longifolia Roxb.
Sanskrit name	sarala
Hindi name	cīḍ, cīl, saralā
Tamil name	caraḷatēvatāru
Malayalam name	caraḷam, saraḷam
English name	Chir pine, Himalayan long-leaved pine, Three leaved pine
Search occurrence	sarala, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1182) sarala, mf(ā)n. "running on", straight (not "crooked"), Kāv.; Rājat.; outstretched, Kathās.; Rājat.; right, correct, Prasaṅg.; Tprāt.; Sch.; upright, sincere, candid, honest, artless, simple, Kāv.; Kathās.; Rājat.; real (not "sham"), Bāar.; = vigīta L.; m. a species of pine tree, Pinus Longifolia, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; a kind of bird, Pavo Bicalcaratus, L.; fire, L.; a Buddha, L.; (ā) f. the above pine, Bhpr.; Ipomoea Turpethum, L.; N. of a river, L.; (am) n. resin of the pine, R.; Suśr.; a partic. high number, Buddh.

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