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 Plant namebāṇapuṅkha
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameTephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit nameśarapuṅkha, bāṇa, bāṇapuṅkha
 Hindi namesarphoṃkā
 Tamil namekāṭṭukkoḻuñci
 Malayalam namekoḻiññil, kāṭṭamari, koḻuva, koṭikkoḻiññil
 English nameWild indigo, Purple tephrosia
 Search occurrenceśarapuṅkha, bāṇa, bāṇapuṅkha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 727)
bāṇapuṅkhā, f. the feathered end of an arrow, MW.; N. of a plant resembling the Indigo plant, L.


 
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