Botanical info | An evergreen, semi parasitic glabrous tree growing in dry areas of India, especially in Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala up to 1200 m, leaves simple, opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, flowers brownish purple, reddish purple or violet in terminal and axillary paniculate cymes, fruits globose drupes, purple black, the heartwood is light yellowish when fresh, turning dark, highly scented |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 386) candana, m. n. sandal (Sirium myrtifolium, either the tree, wood, or the unctuous preparation of the wood held in high estimation as perfumes; hence ifc. a term for anything which is the most excellent of its kind g. vyAghrādi) Nir. xi. 5, MBh., R. &c. (ifc., f. ā, Ragh. vi, 61); m. N. of a divine being, Lalit. i, 93; of a prince; = -naka, Mṛicch. vi, 25; N. of an ape, R. iv, 41, 3; n. the grass Bhadra-kālī, L.; (ā), f. a kind of creeper, L.; N. of a river, VP. (v.l. for -ndrā); (ī), f. N. of a river, R. iv, 40, 20 (cf. ku-, pIta-, rakta-, śveta-, hari-.) Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1099) śrīkhaṇḍa, m. or n. (?) the sandal-tree, sandal, Kāv., Kathās. &c.; (ī), f. see comp.; -khaNDa, m. n. a quantity of sandal Subh.; -carcā, f. sandal unguent, Gīt.; -tamAla-pattra Nom. P. -ttrati, to represent a sandal mark on the forehead Prasannar.; -dAsa, m. N. of a man Ratnāv.; -druma, m. the sandal-tree, Rājat.; -pRthvI-dhara, m. 'sandal-mountain', the Malaya range, Vcar.; -vilepana n. anointing with sandal Hit.; -śItala, mfn. cool as sandal, Kathās.; -śaila, m. (= pRthvI-dhara), Gīt.; -Dāṅga-rAga, m. anointing the body with sandal, Kathās.; -Dārdra-vilepana n. moist unguent of sandal ib.; -DI-vedānta-sAra, m. N. of wk. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1265) cantaṉam: 01 1. Sandalwood tree, s. tr., Santalum album; 2. Sandal paste 02 Car, chariot
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