commonly known as: heart-leaved moonseed •
Assamese: আমৈ লতা aamoi lota, অমৰ লতা amara lota, বিশল্যকৰণী bishalyakarani, গিলয় giloy, গুড়ুচি guruchi, শগুনী লতা shaguni lota •
Bengali: গুলঞ্চ gulancha •
Bhojpuri: गिलोय giloy, गुरुचि guruchi •
Bodo: daothuli •
Dogri: गड़ो gado, ग्लो glo •
Garo: do-gittang budu •
Gujarati: ગળો galo •
Hajong: golangchu •
Haryanvi: गिलोय giloy, गुलबेल gulbel •
Hindi: गिलोय giloy, गुलबेल gulbel, गुड़च gurach, वज्रा vajra •
Kachchhi: ગડુજી વલ gaduji val •
Kannada: ಅಮರ amara, ಅಮೃತಬಳ್ಳಿ amritaballi, ಗುಡೂಚಿ guduchi, ಮಧುಪರ್ಣಿ madhuparni •
Konkani: अमृतवेल amrutvel, गुळवेल gulvel •
Malayalam: അമൃതവള്ളി amruthavalli, ചിറ്റമൃത് chittamruthu, പെയ്യമൃതം peyyamrutham •
Manipuri: ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯈꯣꯡꯂꯤ ningthou khong-lee •
Marathi: अमरवेल amarvel, अमृतवेल amrutvel, गुडूची guduchi, गुळवेल gulvel •
Mizo: hrui-vankai, thei-sawn-tlung •
Nepali: गरुच लट्टी garuch lattee, गुडुची guduchee, गुर्जो gurjo, सुदर्शन sudarshan •
Odia:
ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରହାସା chandrahasa, ଗୁଳଞ୍ଚ gulancha, ଗୁଡ଼ୁଚି guruchi, ନାଗ କୁମାରିକା
naga kumarika, ରସାୟନୀ rasayani, ଶଶି ଲେଖା shashi lekha, ସୋମ ବଲ୍ଲୀ
soma-balli, ସୋମ ଲତିକା soma lotika, ସୁଧା sudha •
Pahari: गुलजे gulje •
Punjabi: ਗਿਲੋ gilo •
Rabha: basanta lewa •
Rajasthani: गिलोय giloy •
Sanskrit:
अमृता amrta, गुडूची guduchi, जीवन्तिका jivantika, मधुपर्णी madhuparni,
शक्रपुष्पी shakrapushpi, विशल्या vishalya, विषघा vishagha •
Tamil:
அசாசி acaci, ஆகாசக்கருடன் akaca-k-karutan, ஆகாசவல்லி akaca-valli,
ஆகாயவல்லி akaya-valli, அமரை amarai, அமிர்தக்கொடி amirta-k-koti,
அமிர்தவல்லி amirta-valli, அமிர்தை amirtai, அமுதை amutai, அமுதம் amutam,
அனந்தை anantai, அருகம் arukam, அருகஞ்சி arukanci, சாகாமூலி caka-muli,
சஞ்சீவி cancivi, சாங்கம் cankam, சாதி cati, சீந்தில் chintil, சீலம்
cilam, சிலாந்தி cilanti, சின்னாருகம் cinnarukam, சீவந்தி civanti, சிவேதை
civetai, சோமவல்லி coma-valli, சூக்குமம் cukkumam, சுவேதகாண்டம்
cuveta-kantam, இரேசகி irecaki, கச்சி kacci, குண்டலி kuntali, மதியாம்பல்
mati-y-ampal, மதுபருணிகை matu-parunikai, மதுச்சிரம் matucciram, நாதேயம்
nateyam, நிறைதருதூறு nirai-taru-turu, பகன்றை pakanrai, பரிவை parivai,
பறுணி paruni, பாதாளமூலம் patala-mulam, பட்டிகை pattikai, தந்திரகம்
tantirakam, உபவம் upavam, வச்சாதனி vaccatani, வசிகரம் vacikaram,
வள்ளிக்கண்டம் valli-k-kantam, வஞ்சி vanci, வபாமது vapamatu, விசலி vicali
•
Telugu: అమృత amrta, దూయు తీగ dooyu
thige, గలూచి galoochi, గుడిచి guduchi, ఇరులూచి iruloochi, జీవంతిక
jivantika, కొడుపురు తీగ kodupuru theega, కోర పట్ట తీగ kora patta tige,
మధుక madhuka, మనపాల manapaala, సోమిద somida, తెల్ల తిప్ప తీగ thella
thippa thige •
Tibetan: སླེ་ཏྲེས sle-tres •
Tulu: ಅಮೃತ ಬೂರು amritha buru •
Urdu: گلنچه guluncha, گڙچ gurach, وجرا vajra
botanical names:
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ...
homotypic synonyms:
Menispermum cordifolium Willd. ... more at
POWO, retrieved 07 November 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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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
heart-leaved moonseed
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
আমৈ লতা aamoi lota, অমৰ লতা amara lota, গিলয় giloy, গুড়ুচি guruchi (or গুৰুচি guduchi), শগুনী লতা shaguni lota
- Many thanks to Monoj Nath for help with these names ... facebook
বিশল্যকৰণী bishalyakarani
- for Menispermum cordifolium Willd. ... 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
গুলঞ্চ gulancha
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
गिलोय giloy, गुरुचि guruchi (or गुरुची guruchi)
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
daothuli
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
गड़ो gado, ग्लो glo
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
do-gittang budu
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ગળો galo
~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
golangchu
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
गिलोय giloy, गुलबेल gulbel
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
गिलोय giloy
गुलबेल gulbel
गुड़च gurach
वज्रा vajra
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat