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तूलवृक्ष

शाल्मलि

silk cotton tree

पिच्छिला

शाल्मलि

shalmali

Monier–Williams

शाल्मलि — {śālmali} mf. (or {lī}, f##cf. {śalmalí}) the Seemul or silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum or Salmalia Malabarica (a lofty and thorny tree with red flowers##its thorns are supposed to be used for torture in one of the hells [cf. {kūta-ś}], or it may stand for the N. of that hell) &c##one of the 7 Dviipas or great divisions of the known continent (so called from the above tree said to grow there##it is surrounded by the sea of ghee or clarified butter)##patr. of a man (f. {lyā}), g. {krauḍyādi}##N. of a son of Avikshit##of another man descended from Agasti##({ī}), f. below