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 Plant namekataka
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameStrychnos potatorum L.f. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit namekataka, ambuprasāda
 Hindi namenirmalī, nelmal
 Tamil nametēṟṟā (maram ), tēṟṟāṅkoṭṭai
 Malayalam nametēṟṟāmaram, tēṟṟāmparal
 English nameClearing nut tree, Clearing nut
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 246)
kataka, m. Strychnos Potatorum or the clearing nut plant (its seeds rubbed upon the inside of water-jars precipitate the earthy particles in the water W.), Mn. vi, 67; Suśr.; N. of a commentator on the Rāmāyaṇa.


 
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