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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAN
frondosa or Ficus Glomerata; and the Sattavaņņa (Saphaparna): Alstonia Scholaris which has seven leaves on its stalk.
The interior of the Dandaka forest abounded in (42.6f) the Dhava: Mimosa Hexandra; the Sirisa (Sirisa): Acacia Sirisa; the Khaira: Khadira, Acacia catechu; the Sāga (Sāka): Accasia Sirissa, the teak tree; the Dhammaņa; Grewia Elastica; the Sarala: Pinus Deodara, a variety of pine tree; the Kayamba (Kadamba), Nauclea Cadamba; the Ambādaya (Amrātaka): the Hog Plum, Spondias Mangifera; the Kavittha (Kapittha): Feronia Elephantum; the Tinduga (Tinduka): Diospyros embryopteris; the Nimba: Azadirachta Indica; the Nandi, Anogeissus Latifolia (20.42) and the Aimuttaya (Atimuktaka): the Harimantha, Premna Spinosa.
Stray references are made to the Kimpāga (Kimpāka 33.42;7.10): Trichosanthes Palmata; Kurabaya (Kurabaka): ret Barleria Crila; Kudaya (Kutaja 11.119): Wrightia antidysenterica; Araluga (Arațu:) Colosanthes Indica; Sami (Sami): Mimosa Suma; Bayari (Badari): Jujube tree; Māullingi (Mātulingi): citron-tree; Inguya (Inguda): Terminalia catappa; Candana (21.54): Sandal-tree, richly available in the Malaya region; Kapparukkha (Kalpavšksa 3.35), a desire fulfilling tree; Indataru (Indrataru 20.29): Teriminalia Arjuna; Mallidduma (Mallidruma 20.35) and Dahivanna (Dadhi parņa 20.41) Feroni elephantum.
Plants :- Many species of plants are mentioned in the Paumacariyam. They are as follows:
The Jasmine plants which flourished in the Padmaudyāna of Larikā (53.79) are the Mālai (Malati), Jasminum Grandi florum; Jūhiyā (yüthikā), Jasminum Auriculatum; Malliyā (Mallika), Jasminum Zambac; Sattali (Saptalā or Navamallikā), Arabian Jasmine; Kundalayā (Kundalata), Jasminum species, white and delicate, referred to be growing on the Vasantagiri (21.49) also. Other flower-bearing plants are the Kandali; Sinduvārā: Vitex Negundo; Piyaligu (Priyaugu), Aglaia odorata; and Kujjaya (Kubjaka) which is included among the plants and mentioned to be growing in Laukā, Padmaudyāna and Dandaka (42.8) forest. Keyari (?) (Ketaki) flourished in the Dandaka (42.9). It is Pandanus odoratissimus, a green plant with needle-pointed blades and bears strong smelling flowers.
Creepers : -The followring are creepers Kundalatā referred to in the PCV :-Kundalayā (21.49); Sinduvārā (53.79); Tumba (29.24) or gourd Lagenaria vulgaris; Dakkha (Drākṣā - 53.79), the vine
