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Plant name	nīlinī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Indigofera tinctoria L. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Anila tinctoria Kuntze, Anil tinctoria (L.) Kuntze
Sanskrit name	nīlinī
Hindi name	nīl
Bengali name	nīl
Tamil name	nīli, avari
Malayalam name	nīlamari, amari
English name	Indian indigo, Dyer’s indigo
Search occurrence	nīlinī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 567) nīlinī, f. the indigo plant Suśr. (-phala n. ib.); a species of Convolvulus with blue blossoms, I.; N. of the wife of Aja-miḍha Hariv. (cf. nīlī, nalinī).

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