marAThI bELA (jasmine)

[Madhav Deshpande]

I should correct myself.  The Sanskrit word is not bela-, but bilva.
                                Madhav Deshpande

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, C.R. Selvakumar wrote:

> *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
>