Plant name | muñja | Language | Sanskrit | Latin name | Saccharum arundinaceum Retz. - please click to view full record | Latin name (synonyms) | Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jesw., Saccharum exaltatum Roxb., Saccharum procerum Roxb. | Sanskrit name | muñja | Hindi name | rāmśar | Tamil name | muñci, pāykkarimpu | Malayalam name | ama, ampoṭṭal, muññappullu, mēkhalappullu | English name | Devil sugarcane, Reedy sugarcane, Pin reed grass | Search occurrence | muñja, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | 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).
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