Plant name | karavīra | Language | Sanskrit | Latin name | Nerium oleander L. - please click to view full record | Latin name (synonyms) | Nerium odorum Sol., Nerium odoratum Lam., Nerium indicum Mill., Nerium verecundum Salisb. | Sanskrit name | karavīra | Prakrit name | kaṇavīra | Hindi name | kaner, karber, karuvīrā | Bengali name | karabī, raktakarabī | Tamil name | araḷi, iraṭṭai civapparaḷi, cevvalari, veḷḷai araḷi | Malayalam name | araḷi, kaṇavīram, karavīram | English name | Indian oleander, Sweet-scented oleander | Search occurrence | karavīra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 253) m. Oleander (Nerium odorum) MBh. Suśr. Mṛicch. VarBṛS.; a species of Soma Suśr. ii, 164, 15; a sword, L.; a particular spell (for recovering a missile of mystic properties after its discharge) R.; the thumb; a cemetery, L.; N. of a Nāga MBh. i, 1557; of a Daitya, L.; of a town on the river Veṇvā (founded by Padma-varṇa) Hariv. 5230 (cf. kara-vīra-pura below); of a town on the river Dṛishadvati (the residence of Candraśekhara) KapS.; of a mountain BhP.; (ā) f. red arsenic, L.; (ī) f. a woman who has borne a son, a mother, L.; a good cow, L.; N. of Aditi T.; (am) n. the flower of Oleander, L.; -kandasaṃjña m. a species of onion; a bulb (= tailakanda), L.; -karambhin n. N. of a wood Hariv. 8954 (v.l. karavīrākara); -pura n. N. of a town founded by Padma-varṇa (cf. karavīra) MBh.; -bhujā f. Cajanus indicus, L.; -bhūṣā f. = -bhujā T.; -māhātmya n. N. of wk.; -vrata n. a certain rite; --r kara n. N. of a wood Hariv.
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