| Plant name | palāśa | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Butea frondosa Roxb., Erythrina monosperma Lam. | | Sanskrit name | palāśa, kiṃśuka | | Prakrit name | kesua | | Hindi name | ḍhāk, palāś, kiṃśuk | | Bengali name | kiṃśuk, palāś | | Tamil name | camatā, murukkaṉmaram, puracu, palācam, kirumicatturu, kāli | | Malayalam name | camata, pḷāśu | | English name | Flame of the forest, Bastard teak, Parrot tree, Bengal kino tree | | Search occurrence | palāśa, kiṃśuka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 610)
1. palāśa, m. a Rākshasa L.; mfn. cruel (lit. = next) L. 1.
2. palāśa, n. a leaf, petal, foliage (ifc. f. ī) ŚBr. GṛŚrS. MBh. &c.; the blade of a sharp instrument (cf. paraśu-p-); the blossom of the tree Butea Frondosa Pañc.; = śmaśāna L.; = paribhāṣaṇa L.; m. (ifc. f. ā) the tree Butea Frondosa (its older name is parṇa q.v.) Br. MBh. &c.; Curcuma Zedoaria L.; N. of Magadha L.; (ifc. it denotes beauty g. vyāghrādi); (ī) f. a species of climbing plant L.; cochineal L.; red lac L.; mfn. green L. (w.r. for pālāśa).
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