Kadamba

[Martin Straube]

Dear Mr. Kapstein,

you could check the Pandanus database

http://iu.ff.cuni.cz/pandanus/

which has a rather long entry of the Kadamba tree.
I hope it will help,

sincerely,
Martin Straube.

Zitat von mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU:

> The Kadamba tree is identified by Monier-Williams (p. 247)
> as Nauclea Cadamba and by Apte (p. 527) as Stephegyne
> Parviflora Korth. The comment in Apte's entry that it
> "is said to put forth buds at the roaring of thunder-
> clouds" precisely fits the context in the passage that
> concerns me (Prabodhacandrodaya, 4.13c).
>
> Does anyone have a clue about the correct botanical
> identification, and whether there is a familiar
> English name in use?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Matthew
>
> Matthew T. Kapstein
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
> The University of Chicago Divinity School
>
> Directeur d'études
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>



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Dr. des. Martin Straube
Fachgebiet Indologie und Tibetologie
Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
Deutschhausstrasse 12
35032 Marburg (Germany)
www.uni-marburg.de/indologie