| Plant name | mālatī | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Jasminum grandiflorum L. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Jasminum officinale forma grandiflorum (L.) Kobuski | | Sanskrit name | jātī, mālatī | | Hindi name | jātī, camelī | | Bengali name | mālatī, cāmeli, jāti | | Tamil name | cātippū, koṭimallikai, picci | | Malayalam name | piccakamulla, piccakam | | English name | Common jasmine, Spanish jasmine, Catalonian jasmine | | Search occurrence | jātī, mālatī, mālatī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 814)
mālatī, f. Jasminum Grandiflorum (plant and blossom; it bears fragrant white flowers which open towards evening) Kāv. Var. Suśr.; Bignonia Suaveolens W.; Echites Caryophyllata L.; another species of plant (= viśalyā) L.; a bud, blossom L.; -kāca-mālī (?) L.; a maid, virgin L.; moonlight or night L.; N. of various metres Col.; of a river VarBṛS.; of a woman (the heroine of the drama Mālatī-mādhava q.v.); of Kalyāṇa-malla's comm. on Megha-dūta.
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