Names of Plants in India :: Santalum album L.

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Santalum album L. ... family: Santalaceae

Santalum album L. 

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¿ sun-TUH-lum ? -- most possibly from Sanskrit चन्दनं (chandanam) ... Wiktionary
AL-bum -- white ... Dave's Botanary 


commonly known as: Indian sandalwood, white sandalwood • Assamese: চন্দন chandan • Bengali: চন্দন chandan • Gujarati: ચંદન chandan • Hindi: चन्दन chandan, संदल sandal • Kannada: ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧ srigandha • Konkani: गांद gaandh, श्रीगंध shrigandh • Malayalam: ചന്ദനം chandanam • Manipuri: চংদন chandan • Marathi: चंदन chandan, श्रीखंड shrikhand • Mizo: sawndawn • Nepali: श्रीखण्ड shrikhand • Odia: ଚନ୍ଦନ chandan • Pali: चन्दन chandana • Punjabi: ਚੰਦਨ chandan, ਸੰਦਲ sandal • Sanskrit: चन्दनम् chandanam • Tamil: சந்தனம் chandanam • Telugu: శ్రీగంధం srigandham • Tibetan: tsan dan • Tulu: ಚಂದನ chandana, ಶ್ರೀಗ೦ಧ shrigandha • Urdu: چندن chandan 


... more names derived from Sanskrit in Odia: ଭଦ୍ରଶ୍ରୀ bhadrashri, ହରିଚନ୍ଦନ harichandana, ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଚନ୍ଦନ shrestha-chandana, ଶ୍ରୀଖଣ୍ଡ shrikhanda, ଶୁଭ୍ର shubra 


... and more names in Sanskrit: अर्केष्ट arkesta, बर्बरी barbari, बर्बरोत्थ barbarottha, भद्रश्री bhadrashri, चन्द्रद्युति chandradyuti, चन्द्रकान्त chandrakanta, एकाङ्ग ekanga, गन्धसार gandhasara, गन्धाढ्य gandhadhya, गन्धराज gandharaja, हरिद्रक haridraka, हरिगन्ध harigandha, हिम hima, कोशी koshi, महार्ह maharha, मलयज malayaja, मङ्गल्य mangalya, नन्दनज nandanaja, नारायणप्रिय narayanapriya, पराग paraga, पटीर patira, पट्टराग pattaraga, फलकिन् phalakin, पीतसार pitasara, प्रचेल prachela, प्रविर pravira, रौहिण rauhina, सारगन्ध saragandha, शीतल shitala, श्रीखण्ड shrikhanda, शुभ्र shubhra, श्वेतसार shvetasara, सित sita, सुगन्ध sugandha, सुक्कडि sukkadi, सुरोत्तर surottara, तैलपर्णी tailaparni, वल्गुक valguka, वर्णक varnaka, वेधक vedhaka, विकट vikata, याम्य yamya, योग्य yogya 


botanical names: Santalum album L., Sp. Pl. 349. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 231. 1886. ... synonyms: no synonym known ... Botanical Survey of India 





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Tapas Chakrabarty

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/santalum-album-l.html

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Santalum album L.

Santalum album L.

¿ sun-TUH-lum ? -- most possibly from Sanskrit chandanam (चन्दनं) ... Wiktionary • Wikipedia

AL-bum -- white ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Indian sandalwood, white sandalwood • Arabic: صَنْدَل sandal • Assamese: চন্দন sondon • Bengali: চন্দন chandan • Bhojpuri: भारतीय चंदन bharatiya chandan • Bodo: सन्दन sandan • Dogri: चिट्टा चन्नन chitta channan • Gujarati: ચંદન chandan • Hindi: चन्दन chandan, संदल sandal • Kannada: ಭದ್ರಶ್ರೀ bhadrashri, ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧ srigandha • Kashmiri: च़ंदन् ʦandan • Koch: botsam chandan • Konkani: चंदन chandan, गांद gaandh, ಶ್ರೀಗಾಂದ shrigaandh • Malayalam: ചന്ദനം chandanam • Manipuri: ꯆꯟꯗꯟ চংদন chandan • Marathi: चंदन chandan, श्रीखंड shrikhand • Mizo: sawndawn • Nepali: श्रीखण्ड shreekhand • Odia: ଚନ୍ଦନ chandan • Pali: चन्दन chandana • Persian: صندل sandal • Punjabi: ਚੰਦਨ chandan, ਪਰਮਲ parmal, ਸੰਦਲ sandal • Rajasthani: चन्दन chandan • Sanskrit: चन्दनम् chandanam, बर्बरोत्थ barbarottha, भद्रश्री bhadrashri, चन्द्रद्युति chandradyuti, चन्द्रकान्त chandrakanta, एकाङ्ग ekanga, गन्धसार gandhasara, गन्धाढ्य gandhadhya, गन्धराज gandharaja, हिम hima, कोशी koshi, महार्ह maharha, मलयज malayaja, मङ्गल्य mangalya, पराग paraga, पटीर patira, पट्टराग pattaraga, फलकिन् phalakin, पीतसार pitasara, रौहिण rauhina, सारगन्ध saragandha, शीतल shitala, श्रीखण्ड shrikhanda, शुभ्र shubhra, श्वेतसार shvetasara, सित sita, सुगन्ध sugandha, सुक्कडि sukkadi, सुरोत्तर surottara, तैलपर्णी tailaparni, वल्गुक valguka, वर्णक varnaka, वेधक vedhaka, विकट vikata, याम्य yamya, योग्य yogya • Santali: ᱠᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ condon • Sindhi: چَندَنُ chandanu • Tamil: சந்தனம் chandanam • Telugu: శ్రీగంధం srigandham • Tibetan: ཙན་དན tsan-dan • Tulu: ಚಂದನ chandana, ಶ್ರೀಗ೦ಧ shrigandha • Urdu: چندن chandan


botanical names: Santalum album L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Santalum myrtifolium (L.) Roxb. • Sirium myrtifolium L. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 02 August 2024
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Indian sandalwood
white sandalwood (or yellow sandalwood, depending on the age of the tree)
  • Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... it is the seemingly white colour of the heartwood of the sandalwood tree; the epithet album meaning white, is given for this reason
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia
صَنْدَل sandal
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
চন্দন sondon
  • XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
চন্দন chandan
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
भारतीय चंदन bharatiya chandan
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
सन्दन sandan
  • XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
चिट्टा चन्नन chitta channan
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ચંદન chandan
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
चन्दन chandan
संदल sandal
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಭದ್ರಶ್ರೀ bhadrashri
ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧ srigandha
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur
च़ंदन् ʦandan
~~~~~ KOCH ~~~~~
written in: Assamese, Bengali, Roman ... spoken in: Meghalaya, lower Assam, West Bengal, Bihar ... spoken by: Koch people, including Koch-Rajbongshi or Koch-Rajbonshi
botsam chandan
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
चंदन chandan
गांद gaandh
ಶ್ರೀಗಾಂದ shrigaandh
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചന്ദനം chandanam
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯆꯟꯗꯟ চংদন chandan
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
चंदन chandan
श्रीखंड shrikhand
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
sawndawn
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
श्रीखण्ड shreekhand
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଚନ୍ଦନ chandan
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism
चन्दन chandana
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
صندل sandal
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਚੰਦਨ chandan, ਸੰਦਲ sandal
ਪਰਮਲ parmal
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
चन्दन chandan
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
चन्दनम् chandanam
अर्केष्ट arkesta, बर्बरी barbari, बर्बरोत्थ barbarottha, भद्रश्री bhadrashri, चन्द्रद्युति chandradyuti, चन्द्रकान्त chandrakanta, एकाङ्ग ekanga, गन्धसार gandhasara, गन्धाढ्य gandhadhya, गन्धराज gandharaja, हरिद्रक haridraka, हरिगन्ध harigandha, हिम hima, कोशी koshi, महार्ह maharha, मलयज malayaja, मङ्गल्य mangalya, नन्दनज nandanaja, नारायणप्रिय narayanapriya, पराग paraga, पटीर patira, पट्टराग pattaraga, फलकिन् phalakin, पीतसार pitasara, प्रचेल prachela, प्रविर pravira, रौहिण rauhina, सारगन्ध saragandha, शीतल shitala, श्रीखण्ड shrikhanda, शुभ्र shubhra, श्वेतसार shvetasara, सित sita, सुगन्ध sugandha, सुक्कडि sukkadi, सुरोत्तर surottara, तैलपर्णी tailaparni, वल्गुक valguka, वर्णक varnaka, वेधक vedhaka, विकट vikata, याम्य yamya, योग्य yogya
  • Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱠᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ condon (or ᱠᱟᱱᱰᱟᱱ candan)
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
چَندَنُ chandanu
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சந்தனம் chandanam
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
శ్రీగంధం srigandham
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ཙན་དན tsan-dan
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಚಂದನ chandana
ಶ್ರೀಗ೦ಧ shrigandha
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
چندن chandan
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
90% of the natural distribution of this species in India, is found in dry regions of the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere in India, it may be found growing wild / cultivated.
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
~~~~~ Last updated: 14:05 05-08-2024 ~~~~~





Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/santalum-album-l.html

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Nice compilation dinesh sir

Telugu name is perfect

Thank you


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Fabulous photo and excellent work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Mandru ji and Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Telugu and Malayalam names.
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Another very useful contribution.

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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
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