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Plant name	musalī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	musalī
Hindi name	kālīmuslī, muslī
Bengali name	tālmūlī, tālī
Tamil name	nilappaṉaikkiḻaṅku, nilappaṉai
Malayalam name	nilappana, nelppana
English name	Black musale
Search occurrence	musalī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 824) musala, m. n. (often spelt muśala or muSala; cf. Uṇ. i, 108 Sch.) a pestle, (esp.) a wooden pestle used for cleaning rice AV. &c, &c.; a mace, club Mn. MBh. &c. (cf. cakra-m-); the clapper of a bell Kathās.; a partic. surgical instrument Suśr.; a partic. constellation VarBṛS.; the 22nd astron. Yoga or division of the moon's path MW.; m. N. of a son of Viśāmitra MBh.; (ī) f. Curculigo Orclnoides L.; Salvinia Cucullata L.; a house-lizard L.; an alligator L.

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