marAThI bELA (jasmine)

C.R. Selvakumar selvakum at VALLUVAR.UWATERLOO.CA
Fri Jan 29 20:54:26 UTC 1999


*There is indeed the Marathi word bel (Skt. bela-) referring to the
*specific tree whose leaves are offered to Shiva, i.e. belapatra, and whose
*fruit are supposed to have medicinal properties.  But this obviously is
*different from anything like jasmine.
*                                                Madhav Deshpande

     I think Marathi bela- is called in Tamil as 'vilvam'.  /Selvaa





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