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śṛṅgāṭaka details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Plant name	śṛṅgāṭaka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Trapa natans L. var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Trapa bispinosa Roxb.
Sanskrit name	śṛṅgāṭaka
Hindi name	siṃghārā, siṃghāḍā
Tamil name	ciṅkārakkōṭṭai
Malayalam name	karimpōḷam, vankoṭṭakkāya
English name	Water chestnut, Caltrops, Singhara nut
Search occurrence	śṛṅgāṭaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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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