agaru:

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda: aguru, agaru, agni, loha, krimij, rajarha, bhringraj, agnikashtha, vanshik, vanadrum, puram, dhupagam, mallikaagadh, jongaka

Agar wood is known under many names in different cultures:

- Another name is Lingnum aloes or Aloeswood , unrelated to the familiar genus, Aloe. Also called aghil, via Hebrew and Greek

- In Assamese it is called as "sasi" or "sashi"

- In Bengali, agarwood is known as "agor/agoro gach

- In Cambodia it is called"chann crassna " The fragrance from the wood is called "khloem chann"

- In Hindi it is known as agar, which is derived originally from the Sanskrit aguru

- In Sinhala agarwood producing Gyrinops walla tree is known as" Walla patta"

- In Tamil it is called "akil"though what was referred in ancient Tamil literature could well be Excoecaria agallocha.

- In Telugu and Kannada, it is known by the same Sanskrit name as Agaru.

- In Europe it was referred to as Lignum aguila or Agilawood, from similarity to Tamil- Malayalam aghil, deriving from Sanskrit agaru

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Jan 20, 2019 at4:23 am

Agaru plant is a fragrant tree. Commonly known as Agarwood ,Aloeswood, Eaglewood. It is commonly used in treating diseases related to ear,nose,throat,and in condition like asthma,cough etc

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Jan 20, 2019 at4:50 am

Names in different languages: English name: Agarwood ,Agilawood Hindi name :Agar Bengali. :Agaru Telugu. :Agaru Gujarati name:Agar Tamil name. Aggalichandanam,Agalichandanam Malayalam name: Agil. Classification based on color: Whitish( Shweta agaru) Blackish (Krishna agaru) it is superior

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Marsha says:

Apr 06, 2019 at2:45 am

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