| Plant name | puṇḍraka | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Saccharum officinarum L. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Saccharum chinense Roxb., Saccharum officinale Salisb. | | Sanskrit name | puṇḍraka, ikṣu | | Hindi name | puṇḍiyā, pauṇḍā, gannā | | Bengali name | ẫkh, ikṣu | | Tamil name | karimpu, puṇṭaram | | Malayalam name | karimpu | | English name | Sugarcane, Noble cane | | Search occurrence | puṇḍraka, ikṣu, ikṣu, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 632)
puṇḍraka, m. (pl.) the Puṇḍras (s.v.) Mn. x, 44(v.l. pauṇḍ-) MBh.; (sg.) a prince of the Puṇḍras MBh.; N. of sev. plants (= puNDra) L.; a frontal sectarian mark (see Urdhva-p-. tri-p-); a man who lives by breeding silk-worms Col.; N. of a poet (also puṇḍroka) Cat.
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