Madhuvidya

Author(s): S D Laddu, T N Dharmadhikari, Madhvi Kolhatkar, Pratibha Pingle
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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MEHENDALE : The Flora in the Iranyakaparvan of the Mbh. 235
kadamba trees, grow in the forest 3. 61. 4, in the Dvaitavana, in bloom at the end of the summer 3. 25. 17; Sveta mt. full of their groves 3. 220. 24; at the entrance of sage Troabindu's hermitage in the Kamyaka forest 3.249.1; Lohitayani, a nurse (dhatri ) of Skanda, is worshipped on kadamba tree 3. 219. 39.
kadall banana tree', a grove (sinda) of them, tall like palm trees, extending over many yojanas on the peaks of the Gandhamadana mt. (kadali skandhan bahutalasamucchrayan) 3. 146. 42, 44; a grove of golden kadalis on the bank of a lake on the Gandhamadana mt. 3. 146. 53; Hanuman sleeps in the midst of banana grove 3. 146. 60; the grove called vana 3. 146. 63, 64; Bhima meets Hanuman in the kadalisanda 3. 149. 4; kadall used for comparisons (falling down of a shaking kalad!) 3. 144. 4, 3. 275. 14; used in a mode of expression (bear fruit and get destroyed) yatha... kadall phalanty abhavaya na bhitaye Imanah 3. 252. 9 (cf. nala and venu). kaplitha trees, growing on the Gandhamadana mt. 3. 155. 42. kamalalotus flowers, growing in the lakes on the Gandhamadana mt. 3. 155. 49, lake Pampa full of them 3. 264. 1; used in comparisons (kamalayatakşi 3. 249, 6; kamalek şanā 3. 292. 23; kamalapatrakça 3. 275. 3; kamalagarbhahha 3.293. 10; vidhrastaparnakamala padmini 3. 65. 14).
karanja -tree, where the mother of the trees lives; people desirous of having progeny worship her on this tree 3. 219. 34.
karabha 'vermilion (B), for comparison (karabhāruṇagātra) 3. 268. 25. karavira — oleander tree', on the Gandhamādana mt. 3. 155. 43; Sveta mt. full of their woods 3. 220, 23; a lake in the Dvaitavana surrounded by them 3,296, 43.
karira bamboo shoots", grow on the banks of Sarasvati 3. 174. 23. karuşaka -see parazaka.
karnikärajasmine' (B), in bloom in the Dvaitavana at the end of the summer 3. 25. 17; on the Gandhamadana mt. 3. 155. 45, looked like the mountain's ear-ornaments 3. 155. 58.
kalpavrksa
mythical wish-yielding tree, 3. 265. 5.
kahlara 'white lilies, in the lakes on the Gandhamidana mt. 3. 155. 49. kāЛlcanadruma --? the guise (veza) of a Kirata compared with a kancana
druma 3. 40. 2.
3thorns (B).
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