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 Latin nameCeiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
 FamilyBombacaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Bombax pentandrum L.
 Identified with (Skt)kūṭaśālmalī, śvetaśālmalī
 Identified with (Hin)saphed simal
 Identified with (Tam)pañcu
 Identified with (Mal)paññimaram
 Identified with (Eng)White silk cotton tree, True kopok tree
 Search occurrencekūṭaśālmalī, śvetaśālmalī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 299)
kūṭaśālmali, m. f. the plant Andersonia Rohitaka, L.; a fabulous cotton plant with sharp thorns (with which the wicked are tortured in the world of Yama), MBh. (also -lika, m.); R. (-lī, f.); Ragh. xii, 95; N. of a hell, PadmaP.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2417)
pañcu: 01 1. Cotton; 2. Cloth; 3. Wick; 4. Indian cotton-plant; 5. Down of pūḷai ; 6. A technical term, used, in dice-play
02 To exhibit one's poverty


 
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