Alternative spellings of this word include Rochanika.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rocanikā (रोचनिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. A plant, commonly Gundarochani. 2. The manna of a bamboo. E. kan added to rocanī the same.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rocanikā (रोचनिका):—[from rocanaka > roc] f. Name of various plants, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] = vaṃśa-rocanā, bamboo manna or Tabāṣir, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rocanikā (रोचनिका):—(kā) 1. f. A sort of crinum.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Ends with: Gundarocanika, Shundarocanika, Shundirocanika.

Full-text: Shundirocanika, Shundarocanika, Rocanaka, Recana.

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