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Plant name	samaṅgā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Mimosa pudica L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	samaṅgā
Hindi name	lajjāvantī, lājvanti
Bengali name	lajjābatī
Tamil name	toṭṭālvāṭi, toṭṭālcuruṅki
Malayalam name	toṭṭāvāṭi, toṭṭālvaṭi, tiṇṭārmaṇi
English name	Sensitive plant, Humble plant
Search occurrence	samaṅgā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1153) samaṅga, mf(ā)n. (see 2. sam) having all the limbs, complete AV. (in MBh. applied to the mythical cow Bahulā); m. a kind of game L.; N. of two men MBh.; (pl.) of a people ib.; (ā) f. N. of various plants (accord. to L. "Rubia Munjista and Cordifolia, Mimosa Pudica, Aloe Indica, &c.") VarBṛS. Suśr.; of a river MBh.

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