| Plant name | nāgapuṣpa | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Mesua ferrea L. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Mesua nagassarium (Burm.f.) Kosterm., Mesua coromandelina Wight, Mesua pedunculata Wight, Mesua roxburghii Wight, Mesua sclerophylla Thw., Mesua speciosa Choicy | | Sanskrit name | nāgakesara, nāgapuṣpa | | Prakrit name | ṇāgakesara | | Hindi name | nāgakesar | | Bengali name | nāgeśvar | | Tamil name | iruḷmaram, curuḷi, nāgappū, nāṅku, nīrnāṅkal | | Malayalam name | nāgappūvu, nāṅku, nāgacampakam, vayanāvu, curuḷi, elipoṅku | | English name | Mesua, Iron-wood tree, Cobra’s saffron | | Search occurrence | nāgakesara, nāgapuṣpa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 533)
nāgapuṣpa, m. N. of sev. plants MBh. Hariv. Suśr. &c. (= Mesua Roxburghii, Rottlera Tinctoria, and Michelia Champaka L.); (ī) f. = -damanī Bhpr.; n. the blossom of Mesua Roxburghii Var.; -phalā f. Benincasa Ceriftra L.; -pikā f. yellow jasmine L.
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