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Plant name	campaka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Michelia champaca L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	campaka
Hindi name	campā, campakā
Bengali name	svarna campā, campā, campak, cẫpā
Tamil name	cempukā, ceṉpakam, cempakam
Malayalam name	campakam, cempakam
English name	Champak, Golden champa
Search occurrence	campaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 388) campaka, m. Michelia Campaka (bearing a yellow fragrant flower), MBh.; R. &c.; a kind of perfume, VarBṛS. lxxvii, 7; a particular part of the bread-fruit, W.; N. of a man, Rājat. vii; of a relation of the Jaina Meru-tuṅga; of a country, Buddh.; n. the flower of the Campaka tree, MBh.; Suśr. &c.; the fruit of a variety of the plantain, L.; (ā) f. N. of a town, JaimBhār.; Hit.

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