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śiṃśapā details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Plant name	śiṃśapā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Dalbergia sisoo Roxb. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	śiṃśapā
Prakrit name	sīsavā, sīsama
Hindi name	sīsaṃ, sissu, ṣīṣaṃ
Bengali name	śiśu
Tamil name	sisū, īṭṭi, tēcimaram
Malayalam name	irupūḷ, sīsam, iruvil
English name	Sissoo, Indian redwood
Search occurrence	śiṃśapā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1069) śiṃśapā, f. (rarely and m. c. śiṃśapa, m.) the tree Dalbergia sissoo AV. &c. &c.; the Aśoka tree W.

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