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 Latin namePiper longum L.
 FamilyPiperaceae
 Identified with (Skt)pippalī, māgadhī
 Identified with (Hin)piplī, pīpal
 Identified with (Tam)pippili, tippali
 Identified with (Mal)tippali
 Identified with (Eng)Indian long pepper, Long pepper
 Search occurrencemāgadhī, pippalī, māgadhī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imagePiper longum L. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 805)
māgadha, mf(ī)n. relating to or born in or living in or customary among the Magadhas or the Magadha country, AV.Pariś., Lalit. &c.; m. a king of the Magadha, MBh., Hariv.; N. of a mixed caste, AV. &c. &c. (accord to, Mn. x, 11 the son of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father; he is the professional bard or panegyrist of a king, often associated with suta and bandin, MBh., Kāv. &c.; accord. to others one who informs a Rāja of what occurs in bazaars; also an unmarried woman's son who lives by running messages or who cleans wells or dirty clothes &c.; also opprobrious N. of a tribe still numerous in GujarSt, and called the Bhāts, W.); white cumin, L.; N. of one of the seven sages in the 14th Manv-antara, Hariv.; of a son of Yadu ib.; (pl.) N. of a people (= magadhAH), AV.Pariś., MBh. &c.; of the warrior-caste in Śāka-dvīpa, VP.; of a dynasty ib.; (ā), f. a princess of the Magadhas, PadmaP.; long pepper, L.; (ī), f. a princess of the Magadhas, MBh., R.; the daughter of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father, MBh.; a female bard, Kād.; (with or scil. bhASā), the language of the Magadhas (one of the Prakṛit dialects) Sāh. &c. (cf. ardha-m-); Jasminum Auriculatum, L.; a kind of spice, Suśr. (long pepper; white cumin; anise; dill; a species of cardamoms grown in Gujarat, L.); refined sugar, L.; a kind of metre, VarBṛS.; N. of a river (= śoNā), R.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 805)
māgadha, mf(ī)n. relating to or born in or living in or customary among the Magadhas or the Magadha country, AV.Pariś.; Lalit. &c.; m. a king of the Magadha, MBh.; Hariv.; N. of a mixed caste; AV. &c. &c. (accord to Mn. x, 11 the son of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father; he is the professional bard or panegyrist of a king, often associated with suta and bandin, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; accord. to others one who informs a Rāja of what occurs in bazaars; also an unmarried woman’s son who lives by running messages or who cleans wells or dirty clothes &c.; also opprobrious N. of a tribe still numerous in Gujarāt, and called the Bhāts, W.); white cumin, L.; N. of one of the seven sages in the 14th Manv-antara, Hariv.; of a son of Yadu, ib.; (pl.) N. of a people (= magadhāḥ), AV.Pariś.; MBh. &c.; of the warrior-caste in Śāka-dvīpa, VP.; of a dynasty, ib.; (ā) f. a princess of the Magadhas, PadmaP.; long pepper, L.; (ī) f. a princess of the Magadhas, MBh.; R.; the daughter of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father, MBh.; a female bard, Kād.; (with or scil. bhāṣā), the language of the Magadhas (one of the Prakṛt dialects), Sāh. &c. (cf. ardha-m-); Jasminum Auriculatum, L.; a kind of spice, Suśr. (long pepper; white cumin; anise; dill; a species of cardamoms grown in Gujarat, L.); refined sugar, L.; a kind of metre, VarBṛS.; N. of a river (= śoṇā), R.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 628)
pippalī, f. a berry, AV.; Piper Longum (both plant and berry), R.; Var.; Suśr.


 
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