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 Plant namekuṭaja
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameHolarrhena antidysenterica Wall. Ex A. DC. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. Ex G. Don
 Sanskrit namekuṭaja, kaliṅgā
 Prakrit namekuḍaya
 Hindi namekurcī, kuḍā
 Bengali namekuraci, kuṛaci, kūṭaj
 Tamil namekuṭacappālai, vēppālai
 Malayalam namekuṭakappāla
 English nameKurchi, Conessi tree, Tellicherry bark
 Search occurrencekuṭaja, kaliṅgā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 288)
m. Wrightia antidysenterica (having seeds used as a vermifuge; cf. indra-yava) MBh. R. &c.; born in a pitcher N. of the sage Agastya (cf. Nir. v, 13 and 14), L.; of Droṇa, L.; -mallā f. a kind of plant, L.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 299)
kūṭaja, m. (= kuṭ-) the tree Wrightia antidysenterica R. iv, 29, 10.


 
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