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 Plant nameāmalakī
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin namePhyllanthus emblica L. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Emblica officinalis Gaertn.
 Sanskrit nameāmalakī, dhātrī
 Prakrit nameāmalaya, āmalaī
 Hindi nameamlikā, āmalak, āṃvlā
 Bengali nameāmlak, āmlaki, āmlakī, āmlā
 Tamil namenelli
 Malayalam namenellimaram, nellika
 English nameIndian gooseberry, Emblic myrobalan
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 146)
āmalaka, m. and ī f. (gaṇa gaurādi, Pāṇ. IV, 1, 41) Emblic Myrobalan, Gaertn.; (am) n. the fruit of the Emblic Myrobalan, MBh.; Suśr.; ChUp. &c.; (as), m. another plant, Gendarussa vulgaris, L.


 
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