Botanical info | A tall, slender palm growing throughout India, crown of pinnate leaves with conspicuous sheath, stem annulate, flowers in spadix, 3,8 - 5 cm long fruit, smooth, orange or scarlet |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 641) pūga, m. (ifc., f. ā; cf. puJja) any assemblage or combination or body of persons, a multitude, number, mass, quantity (in one place n.) ŚāṅkhBr., Mn., MBh. &c.; country court or an assembly of townsmen, IW. 296, n. 1; disposition, property, nature, W.; the Areca Catechu, called betel-nut tree (n. its nut), Var., Kāv., Suśr.; = kaNTaki-vřkža, L.; = chanda, or chandas, L. = bhAva, L.
|