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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 64.
    amlikā f. (-kā)

    1 The tamarind tree.

    2 Wood sorrel, (Oxalis corniculata.)

    3 A sour taste in the mouth, acidity of stomach.

    E. amla sour, kan and ṭāp affixes; i being substituted for a; also amlīkā and āmlakā.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 50, col. 1.
    amlikā (kā) 1. f. Tamarind tree;
    wood sorrel; sour taste.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 78, col. 2.
    Amlikā or amlīkā, f. a sour taste in the mouth,

    acidity of stomach; the tamarind tree; wood sorrel,

    Oxalis Corniculata. —Amlikā-vaṭaka, as, m. a sort

    of cake.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 155, col. 3.
    amli(mlī)kā

    1 Sour taste in the mouth, sour eructation.

    2 The tamarind tree.

    3 Wood-sorrel; also palāśīlatā, śvetāmlikā, and kṣudrāmlikā.

    Comp.

    — vaṭakaḥ a sort of cake.

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

    ☞ p. 84, col. 2.
    amlikā f. a sour taste in the mouth, acidity of stomach, Suśr. the tamarind tree, wood sorrel (Oxalis Corniculata).

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 53, col. 1.
    amlikā

    f. (-kā)

    1. The tamarind tree.

    2. Wood sorrel, (Oxalis corniculata.)
    3. A sour taste in the mouth, acidity of stomach.

    E. amla sour, kan
    and ṭāp affixes; i being substituted for a; also amlīkā and āmlakā.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 209.
    amlikā, amlīkā 1 Sour taste in the mouth, sour eructation. -2 The tamarind tree. -3 Wood-sorrel; also palāśīlatā, śvetāmlikā, and kṣudrāmlikā. -Comp. -vaṭakaḥ a sort of cake.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 45, col. 1.
    amlikā amlikā f. et amlīkā f. (amla) tamarin, bot.

    Oxalis monadelpha, bot.

    Aigreurs d'estomac.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 391.
    amlikā (von amla) f.

    1) saures Aufstossen H. an. 3, 7. MED. k. 45.

    — 2) Tamarindus indica, deren saures Fruchtfleisch genossen und medicinisch gebraucht wird, AK. 2, 4, 2, 24. H. 1143. H. an. MED. AINSLIE, Mat. ind. 1, 426. Vgl. tintiḍī . Nach RĀJAN. im ŚKDR. ausserdem: = palāśīlatā, śvetāmlikā und kṣudrāmlikā .

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1036.
    amlikā vgl. phalāmlika .

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 334, col. 1.
    amlikā strī amnaivasvārthe kan . 1 tintiḍyām . atrāmlīke-
    tyapi sā ca 2 palāśīlatāyāṃ 3 śvetāmlikāyāṃ 4 kṣudrā-
    mlikāyāñca rājani0 . amlostyatra udgāre vā ṭhan .
    1 amlodgāre medi0 .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 90.
    amlikā , strī, (amlaiva, svārthe kan .) tintiḍī ..
    ityamaraḥ .. palāśīlatā . śvetāmlikā . kṣudrā-
    mlikā . iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ .. amlodgāraḥ . iti iti vābhaṭaḥ .
    medinī ..
    (“dīpanaṃ bhedanaṃ śuṣkamamlikākolayoḥ phalaṃ” .
    “amlikāyāḥ phalaṃ pakvaṃ tasmādalpāntaraṃ guṇaiḥ” ..
    iti carakaḥ .
    “amlikāyāḥ phalaṃ pakvaṃ tadvadbhedi tu kevalaṃ” ..
    iti suśrutaḥ .)

    Meulenbeld’s Sanskrit Names of Plants

    ☞ p. 525.
    amlikā

    (1) TAMARINDUS INDICA LINN. (Ainslie 1, p. 425-428; Avk; Bpn, p.

    581; Dgv, nr. 120; Dutt; DWH 1, p. 532-536; Dy, p. 270-272; Gul;

    HK: amlīkā; Kav; KB 2, p. 887-890; MW; Na 1, nr. 178; Nadk. 1,

    nr. 2434; PW; Roxb., p. 530; Sanyal; V 1, p. 145; Vśs);

    (2) OXALIS CORNICULATA LINN. (Ainslie 2, p. 324-326; Chopra; MW;

    Nadk. 1, nr. 1777) = O. MONADELPHA ROXB. EX WIGHT ET ARN. (Vśs,

    = cāṅgerī) = O. PUSILLA SALISB. (PW, = kṣudrāmlikā = cāṅgerī);

    (3) RUMEX DENTATUS LINN. (V 1, p. 63);

    (4) MANGIFERA INDICA LINN. (Vśs);

    (5) SPONDIAS MANGIFERA WILLD. (Vśs, = mācikā = āmrātaka);

    (6) PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI LINN. (KB 3, p. 2225-2227);

    (7) = palāśīlatā (PW; Vśs); acc. to KB 1, p. 788-789 and Nadk. 1,

    nr. 397 palāśīlatā is BUTEA SUPERBA ROXB.;

    (8) Kav (footnote p. 352): “Cakra says (on Ca. Sū. 27, 121) that it

    is a little shrub growing in Kāmarūpa and its neighbourhood; Gaṅgā-

    dhara believes that amlikā is otherwise called amlārdraka, a sour va-

    riety of ginger; the plant is difficult to identify.”