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Sida spinosa L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Sida spinosa L.
Family	Malvaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Malva spinosa (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Identified with (Skt)	mahābalā
Identified with (Hin)	bariyārā, gulsakārī
Identified with (Tam)	mayirmāṇikkam
Identified with (Mal)	ānakkuṛuntōṭṭi
Identified with (Eng)	Prickly sida
Search occurrence	mahābalā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 798) mahābala, mf(ā)n. exceedingly strong, very powerful or mighty, very efficacious, MBh.; R.; Hariv. &c.; m. wind, L.; borax, L.; a Buddha, L.; (scil. gaṇa), a partic. class of deceased ancestors, MārkP.; N. of one of Śiva’s attendants (?), Hariv.; of Indra in the 4th Manv-antara, MārkP.; of a Nāga, Buddh.; of one of the 10 gods of anger, Dharmas. 11; of a king and various other persons, Hit.; VP. &c.; (ā) f. Sida Cordifolia and Rhombifolia, L.; N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.; n. lead, L.; a partic. high number, Buddh.; N. of a Liṅga, Cat.

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