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 Plant namecandrikā
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameRauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Ophioxylon serpentinum L.
 Sanskrit namesarpagandhā, candrikā
 Hindi namecandrabhāgā, choṭā cand
 Tamil namecarppakanti, civaṉ amalpoṭi
 Malayalam nameamalpori, cuvanna amalpori
 English nameRauvolfia root, Serpentina root, Serpentine root
 Search occurrencesarpagandhā, candrikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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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.


 
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