किंशुक

{ kiṃśukḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : पलाश, पलाश

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : पलाँस

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

किं-शुक    a &c. See, ib.

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किं—शुक  m.  b m. the tree Butea frondosa (bearing beautiful blossoms, hence often alluded to by poets), [MBh.] &c.

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किं—शुक  n.  n. the blossom of this tree, [R.]; [Suśr.] ( cf. पलाश॑ and सुकिंशुक॑)

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

किंशुकः [kiṃśukḥ]   [किं चित् शुक इव शुकतुण्डसदृशपुष्पत्वात्तथात्वम्] A kind of tree having beautiful red blossoms, but without any odour; तत्राम्बरादग्निरतिप्रवृद्धो रुक्षप्रभः किंशुकपुष्पचूडः [Rām. 5.54.34.] विद्याहीना न शोभन्ते निर्गन्धा इव किंशुकाः [Chāṇ.7;] [Ṛs.6.2;] [R.9.31.]
-कम्   The blossom of this tree; किं किंशुकैः शुकमुखच्छविभिर्न दग्धम् [Ṛs.6.21.]

Shabda-Sagara

किंशुक  m.  ( -कः) A tree bearing beautiful red blossoms, and hence often alluded to by the poets, (Butea frondośa;) also पलाश
E. किं what, something, शुक a parrot; its red flowers being of the colour of a parrot's beak.

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