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    The document summarizes an excerpt from the Brahmavaivarta Purana, a Sanskrit text. It describes how ancient scholars called a particular plant "tulsi" because when humans first saw it, they were unable to compare it to any other known plant. Therefore, they gave it a new name, "tulsi", since it did not resemble any other plant.

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    The document summarizes an excerpt from the Brahmavaivarta Purana, a Sanskrit text. It describes how ancient scholars called a particular plant "tulsi" because when humans first saw it, they were unable to compare it to any other known plant. Therefore, they gave it a new name, "tulsi", since it did not resemble any other plant.

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    : : - , Meaning: Man saw this plant but could not compare it to any other.

    to any other. Hence archaeologists began calling it tulsi. Brahmavaivarta Puran, Prakrutikhand 15

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