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Plant name	ārdraka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Zingiber officinale Roscoe - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	ārdraka
Hindi name	adrak
Tamil name	iñci
Malayalam name	iñci, erukkiḻaṅu
English name	Ginger
Search occurrence	ārdraka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 152) ārdraka, mf(ikā)n. wet, moist, Bhpr.; VarBṛS.; born under the constellation Ārdrā, Pāṇ. 4-3, 28; m. N. of a king, VP.; (am) n. [and ikā f. L.] ginger in its undried state, Suśr.

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