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 Plant namekaliṅgā
 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. 262)
kaliGga, ās m. pl.N. of a people and their country (the N. is applied in the Purāṇas to several places, but especially signifies a district on the Coromandel coast, extending from below Cuttack [Kaṭaka] to the vicinity of Madras) MBh. Hariv. VP. &c.; m. an inhabitant of Kaliṅga Sāh.; N. of a king of Kaliṅga (from whom the Kaliṅga people are said to have originated; he is sometimes mentioned as a son of Dīrghatamas and Sudeshṇā, sometimes identified with Bali) MBh. Hariv. &c.; N. of a being attending on Skanda MBh. (ed. Bomb.) ix, 45, 64 (v. l. kalinda ed. Calc.); N. of several authors; the fork-tailed shrike L.; Caesalpina Bonducella L.; Wrightia antidysenteria L.; Acacia Sirissa L.; Ficus infectoria L.; (ā) f. a beautiful woman L.; Opomea Turpethum; (am) n. the seed of Wrightia antidysenteria Suśr.; (mfn.) clever, cunning L.


 
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