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Plant name	aśvattha
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Ficus religiosa L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	pippala, aśvattha
Hindi name	pīppal, pīplī, pīpār
Bengali name	aśvatha, aśatha, aśattha, pippal, pipul
Tamil name	aracu, acuvattam
Malayalam name	arayāl
English name	Peepal tree, Pipal, Sacred banyan tree, Sacred fig, Bo-tree, Ashwattha tree
Search occurrence	pippala, aśvattha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 115) aśvattha, as, m. (ttha-stha, 'under which horses stand') the holy fig tree, Ficus Religiosa, AV.; ŚBr. &c.; a vessel made of its wood, RV. i, 135, 8; x, 97, 5; the upper (or male) araṇi made of its wood, AV. vi, 11, 1; ŚBr. xi; KātyŚr.; the plant Thespesia Populneoides, L.; N. of a Nakshatra (also called Śroṇā), Pāṇ. 4-2, 5 & 22; a N. of the sun, MBh. iii, 151; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people, VarBṛS.; (ā), f. day of full moon in the month Āśvina (in which month the fruit of the Ficus Religiosa generally becomes ripe); (ī), f. the small Pippala tree, L.; (mfn.) 'relating to the Nakshatra Aśvattha,' (with muhūrta) the moment in which the moon enters that Nakshatra, Pāṇ. 4-2, 5 Sch.

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