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 Plant nameapāmārga
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameAchyranthes aspera L. - please click to view full record
 Sanskrit nameapāmārga
 Hindi namecirciṭā, cicīṃḍā
 Bengali nameāpāṅg, upatlyāṅṛā, upatleṅṛā, upatleṅgṛā
 Tamil nameuruviyuppu, kaṭalāṭi, nāyuruvi
 Malayalam namekaṭalāṭi, vankaṭalāṭi, valiyakaṭalāṭi
 English namePrickly chaff-flower
 Search occurrenceapāmārga, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 54)
apāmārga, as, m. (√ mṛj), the plant Achyranthes aspera (employed very often in incantations, in medicine, in washing linen, and in sacrifices), AV.; VS. &c.


 
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