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Plant name	mucukunda
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Pterospermum canescens Roxb. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Pterospermum suberifolium (L.) Lam.
Sanskrit name	mucukunda
Hindi name	mucukund
Bengali name	mucukunda
Tamil name	ciṟṟilaipolavu, veṇnāṅku
Malayalam name	ciṟṟilapḷāvu, mucukundam
English name	Cork-leaved bayur
Search occurrence	mucukunda, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 821) mucukunda, m. Pterospermum Suberifolium L.; N. of a Daitya L.; of an ancient king (or Muni) MBh. BhP.; of a son of Māndhātṛi (who assisted the gods in their wars with the demons and was rewarded by the boon of a long and unbroken sleep) MBh. Pur.; of a son of Yadu Hariv.; of the father of Candra-bhāga Cat.; of a poet of Kāśmīra ib.

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