Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. the silk-cotton tree (only ifc.;, see sa-ś) 1068,2 216199 m. the gum or resin of the cotton tree L. 1068,2 216200 m. N. of a Dvi1pa dvīpa (also -dvīpa) Pur. 135972 1068,2 216201 mf. (or f (lI).; cf. śalmal/i) the Seemul or silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum or Salmalia Malabarica (a lofty and thorny tree with red flowers; its thorns are supposed to be used for torture in one of the hells [ cf. kūta-ś ], or it...