| Plant name | bilva | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Aegle marmelos (L.), Corr. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Feronia pellucida Roth, Crateva marmelos L., Belou marmelos W.F.Wight, Bilacus marmelos Kuntze | | Sanskrit name | bilva, vilva, śivadruma, śrīphala | | Prakrit name | billa | | Hindi name | bel, sirphal | | Bengali name | bel, śrīphal | | Tamil name | vilvam, kūviḷam | | Malayalam name | kūvvaḷam, kūḷakam | | English name | Wood apple, Stone apple, Golden apple, Bengal quince, Indian quince | | Search occurrence | bilva, vilva, śivadruma, śrīphala, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 732)
bilva, m. (in later language also vilva) Aegle Marmelos, the wood-apple tree (commonly called Bel; its delicious fruit when unripe is used medicinally; its leaves, are employed in the ceremonial of the worship of Śiva; cf. RTL. 336), AV. &c. &c.; (ā) f. a kind of plant (= hiṅgu-pattrī), L.; n. the Bilva fruit, MBh.; Kathās.; a partic. weight (= 1 Pala, = 4 Akshas, = 1/4 Kuḍava)
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