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Plant name	kāñcana
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Toddalia aculeata Pers., Paullinia asiatica L.
Sanskrit name	tīkṣṇākṣa, kāñcana
Hindi name	jaṅglī-kālīmirc, kāñc
Tamil name	kāṭṭumiḷaku, miḷakukaraṇai
Malayalam name	muḷakutānni, muḷakutāḷi, kāra
English name	Forest pepper, Wild orange tree, Lopez-root tree
Search occurrence	tīkṣṇākṣa, kāñcana, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 268) kāñcana, n. gold, Naigh. i, 2; Mn.; Yājñ.; Nal.; Suśr.; Hit. [268,3]; money, wealth, property, W.; the filament of the lotus, L.; (mf(ī)n.) golden, made or consisting of gold, MBh.; R.; Mn.; Megh.; Śak.; BhP.; m. N. of several edible plants (Mesua ferrea, L.; Michelia Champaca, L.; Ficus glomerata, L.; Bauhinia variegata, L.; Datura fastuosa, L.; Rottleria tinctoria, L.); a covenant binding for the whole life, Kām. (= Hit.); a particular form of temple, Hcat.; N. of the fifth Buddha, L.; N. of a son of Nārāyaṇa (author of the play Dhanañjayavijaya); N. of a prince (cf. kāñcana-prabha); (ī), f. turmeric, L.; a kind of Asclepias (svarṇakṣīrī), L.; a plant akin to the Premna spinosa, L.; a kind af yellow pigment.

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