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Plant name	ambuprasāda
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. 83) ambuprasāda, m. or ambuprasādana, n. the clearing nut tree, Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this plant are generally used in India for purifying water [cf. Mn. vi, 67]; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of a vessel, and so precipitate the impurities of the fluid it contains).

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