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 Plant nameketakī
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin namePandanus fascicularis Lam. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Pandanus odoratissimus L.f., Pandanus tectorius Sol. Ex Balf.f.
 Sanskrit nameketakī
 Prakrit namekeaya, keagī
 Hindi namekedgī, kevḍā
 Bengali nameketak, ketakī, keẏā, keoṛā
 Tamil namekētakai, tāḷai, tāḻai
 Malayalam namepūkkaita, kaita, kaināiṟi, tāḻampū
 English nameScrewpine, Umbrella tree
 Search occurrenceketakī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 309)
ketaka, m. the tree Pandanus odoratissimus MBh. R. Megh. &c. [309,1]; (ī) f. (g. gaurādi Gaṇar. 46) id. Gīt. Vet. Sāh. ŚivaP.


 
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