| Plant name | kiṃśuka | | 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. 282)
kiṃśuka, m. the tree Butea frondosa (bearing beautiful blossoms, hence often alluded to by poets) MBh. &c.; (am) n. the blossom of this tree R. Suśr. (cf. palāśa and sukiṃśuka); -k di, a Gaṇa of Bhoja (Gaṇar. 107); -kodaka n. a decoction made from the blossoms of the tree Butea frondosa, Suśr.
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