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 Latin nameRauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz
 FamilyApocynaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Ophioxylon serpentinum L.
 Identified with (Skt)sarpagandhā, candrikā
 Identified with (Hin)candrabhāgā, choṭā cand
 Identified with (Tam)carppakanti, civaṉ amalpoṭi
 Identified with (Mal)amalpori, cuvanna amalpori
 Identified with (Eng)Rauvolfia root, Serpentina root, Serpentine root
 Search occurrencesarpagandhā, candrikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageRauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 388)
candraka, m. the moon, Mālav. v, 7 (ifc. f. ikā); a circle or ring shaped like the moon, Śiś. v, 40; a spot similar to the moon, R. v, 42, 3 and 5; Suśr. (ifc. f. ikā); Rājat. iii, 382 (?); the eye in a peacock’s tail, Gīt. ii, 3; Rājat. i, 260; a finger-nail, L.; N. of a fish (v.l. -daka L.), Suśr. i, 46, 2, 62; N. of a poet, Kshem.; Rājat. ii, 16; of an owl, MBh. xii, 4944; n. black pepper, L.; (ikā), f. moonlight, Megh.; Ragh.; Bhartṛ. &c.; ifc. splendour, Vcar. v, 37; ifc. illumination, elucidation (of a work or subject, e. g. alaṃkāra-, kātantra-, &c.); N. of a Comm. on Kāvyād.; "moonshine", baldness, Gal.; the Chanda fish, L.; cardamoms, L.; = candraśūra, Bhpr.; Gynandropsis pentaphylla, L.; Jasminum Zambac, L.; Trigonella foenum graecum; a kind of white-blossoming Kaṇṭakārī, L.; the Utpalini metre; (in music) a kind of measure; N. of Dākshāyaṇi, MatsyaP. xiii; of a woman, Mālav. iv, 6/7; of a Surāṅganā, Siṃhās.; of the Candra-bhāgā river, L.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1184)
sarpagandhā, f. the ichneumon plant, L.


 
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