Book Title: Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 2
Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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________________ APPENDIX 352 are āk, ākaņda, madār, and rui. Its fluff, arkatāla, is an illustration of something easily blown about. P. 85. Rājādana, Buchanania latifolia. P. 85. Saptacchada, Alstonia scholaris. Its wood is used for slates, hence its name. According to the Sabdasā gara, each leaf has 7 little leaves. P. 263. Priyala, Buchanania latifolia. P. 283. Priyangu, Aglaia odorata (syn. Aglaia Roxburgh iana). P. 309. Sirisa, Albizzia Lebbek (syn. Mimosa sirissa). Its petals are a symbol of softness and delicacy. P. 319. Punnāga, probably the Calophyllum inophyllum, "a large tree of the Coromandel coast with beautiful white fragrant blossoms and numerous stamens arranged in rows." This is Dutt's opinion and the weight of evidence is in favour of the C. inophyllum. The references in our text are satisfied by the C. inophyllum. But Roxburgh, Brandis, and Watt take punnāga to be the Rottlera tinctoria. P. 328. Mālūra, Aegle marmelos, the bel, which is known especially for the use of its leaves in Siva worship. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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