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 Latin nameTrapa natans L. var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino
 FamilyTrapaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Trapa bispinosa Roxb.
 Identified with (Skt)śṛṅgāṭaka
 Identified with (Hin)siṃghārā, siṃghāḍā
 Identified with (Tam)ciṅkārakkōṭṭai
 Identified with (Mal)karimpōḷam, vankoṭṭakkāya
 Identified with (Eng)Water chestnut, Caltrops, Singhara nut
 Search occurrenceśṛṅgāṭaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageTrapa natans L. var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1087)
śṛṅgāṭaka, m. N. of various plants (Trapa Bispinosa &c. = śṛṅgāṭa), MBh.; ŚārṅgS.; Bhpr.; a mountain having three peaks, W. [1087,3]; N. of a mountain (= śṛṅgāṭa), KālP.; m. n. (ifc. f. akā and ikā) a place where four (or several) roads meet, crossway, MBh.; R. &c.; (in anat.) = śṛṅgāṭa, Suśr.; (in astron.) a partic. configuration of the planets (when all of them are in the 1st, 5th, and 9th asterisms), VarBṛS.; n. a kind of pastry or minced meat &c. (called Samūsā in Hindi), Bhpr.; a door, W.


 
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