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Plant name	vasuka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Spermacoce hispida L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	vasuka, buka
Tamil name	nattaiccūri
Malayalam name	tāṛtāval, nattaccūri, kuṭalccurukki
Search occurrence	vasuka, buka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 932) vasuka, m. (in a formula) is said to = vāsayitṛ (prob. "one who clothes"), MaitrS.; TāṇḍBr.; N. of various plants (accord. to L. = Calotropis Gigantea; Agati Grandiflora; Adhatoda Vasika and Chenopodium), Suśr.; a kind of measure (in music); n. a kind of salt, L.

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