Plant name | kataka | Language | Sanskrit | Latin name | Strychnos potatorum L.f. - please click to view full record | Sanskrit name | kataka, ambuprasāda | Hindi name | nirmalī, nelmal | Tamil name | tēṟṟā (maram ), tēṟṟāṅkoṭṭai | Malayalam name | tēṟṟāmaram, tēṟṟāmparal | English name | Clearing nut tree, Clearing nut | Search occurrence | kataka, ambuprasāda, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | 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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