vidalAmalaka

vidalāmalaka

This term occurs Kauṭ. 2, 15, 18 (text p. 74; transl. Kangle p. 142;

transl. J. J. Meyer p. 141; transl. Sham. p. 101); (see App. 3: amla).

Sham. is of the opinion that it is a synonym of āmalaka; J. J. Meyer

(p. 141, footnote 7) is unsure about the meaning of the word; he seems

to prefer to take the word as a compound and remarks that vidala

(acc. to the dictionaries) designates BAUHINIA VARIEGATA, but acc. to

Gaṇ. the pomegranate (dāḍima). In my opinion the word vidalāmalaka

is a compound and the first member is vidala or vidalā.

vidala: (1) BAUHINIA VARIEGATA LINN. (MW; Vśs: = raktakāñcana);

(2) B. PURPUREA LINN. (Vśs: = raktakāñcana);

(3) the seeds of PUNICA GRANATUM LINN. (Vśs).

vidalā: (1) IPOMOEA TURPETHUM R. BR. (MW; Vśs);

(2) = sātalā (Vśs; variously identified, but acc. to Vśs.

EUPHORBIA NERIFOLIA LINN.);

(3) the bark of PUNICA GRANATUM LINN. (MW).

The best solution is to read vidala and to take it in the sense of

dāḍima (PUNICA GRANATUM LINN.) because the pomegranate is usually [Page-601+ 34]

enumerated as one of the fruits called phalāmla. (Kangle also trans-

lates: pomegranate).

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