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Plant name	kharjūra
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Phoenix sylvestris Roxb. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	kharjūra
Prakrit name	khajjūra
Hindi name	khajūr
Bengali name	khejur, khājur
Tamil name	īccampaṉai
English name	Wild date palm
Search occurrence	kharjūra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 337) kharjūra, m. Phoenix sylvestris TS. ii, 4, 9, 2 Kāṭh. MBh. &c.; a scorpion, L.; N. of a man g. aśvādi; (ī) f. Phoenix sylvestris VarBṛS. Kathās. lxi; the wild date tree, L.; (am) n. the fruit of Phoenix sylvestris Kathās. lxi; (= kharjura) silver, L.; yellow orpiment, L.; = khala, L.; the interior part of a cocoa-nut, L.

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