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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 63.
    ambuprasādana m. (-naḥ) The clearing nut tree, (Strychnos potatorum.)

    E. ambu water, prasada to cleanse, ghaña affix. The nuts of this plant are generally used in India, for purifying water: they are rubbed upon the inner surface of the vessel, and occasion the precipitation of the impurities of the fluid.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 49, col. 1.
    ambu-prasādana (naḥ) 1. m. A tree, the
    nut of which is used for clearing
    water, (Strychnos potatorum.)

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    ambu—prasāda, m. or ambu—prasādana, n. the clearing nut tree, Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this plant are generally used in India for purifying water [cf. Mn. vi, 67]; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of a vessel, and so precipitate the impurities of the fluid it contains).

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 52, col. 1.
    ambuprasādana

    m. (-naḥ) The clearing nut tree, (Strychnos potatorum.)

    E.
    ambu water, prasada to cleanse, lyuṭ affix. The nuts of this plant are
    generally used in India, for purifying water; they are rubbed upon
    the inner surface of the vessel, and occasion the precipitation of
    the impurities of the fluid.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 387.
    ambuprasādana (a° + pra°) n. Strychnos potatorum L. (kataka), ein Baum, dessen Same zur Klärung schlammigen Wasser dient, TRIK. 2, 4, 7. AINSLIE, Mat. ind. 2, 420. Vgl. M. 6, 67 : phalaṃ katakavṛkṣasya yadyapyambuprasādakam . na nāmagrahaṇādeva tasya vāri prasīdati ..

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 331, col. 2.
    ambuprasādana na0 ambūni prasādayati pra + sada + ṇic—lyu
    6 ta0 . katakataphale “phalaṃ katakavṛkṣasya yadyambuprasādanam”
    manuḥ . jalaprasādakārake tri0 tāni 330 pṛṣṭhe dṛśyāni .