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Latin name	Saccharum arundinaceum Retz.
Family	Poaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jesw., Saccharum exaltatum Roxb., Saccharum procerum Roxb.
Identified with (Skt)	muñja
Identified with (Hin)	rāmśar
Identified with (Tam)	muñci, pāykkarimpu
Identified with (Mal)	ama, ampoṭṭal, muññappullu, mēkhalappullu
Identified with (Eng)	Devil sugarcane, Reedy sugarcane, Pin reed grass
Botanical info	A tall tufted perennial grass, leaves up to 150cm long, inflorescence pink or white up to 60m long, grows all over India.
Search occurrence	muñja, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Saccharum arundinaceum Retz. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 821) muñja, m. "sounding, rustling (?)", a species of rush or sedge-like grass, Saccharum Sara or Munja (which grows to the height of 10 feet, and is used in basketwork) ŚBr. &c. &c.; the Brāhmanical girdle formed of Munja (cf. mauñja Mn. ii, 27, 42 &c.) an arrow(?) W.; N. of a king of Dhārā Daśar.; of a prince of Campā Piṅg. Sch.; of a man with the patr. Sāmaśirsvasa ShaḍvBr.; of a Brāhman MBh.; of various authors &c. Cat.; (ā) f. N. of a river VP.; = m. (see comp. below). Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3236) muñci: 1. Reedy sugarcane, l. sh., Saccharum arundinaceum; 2. Girdle formed of the reed, worn by Brahmin celibate students

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