Bhadra (Tree)

Bhadra, “the auspicious”

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: a tree; the printed gloss is devadāru.

In the scriptures: in the Dhānyaśaila dāna of the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira to make the form of Mandarācala in the east, set rows of many kinds of fruit beside it, and adorn it with the marks of bhadra and kadamba trees (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 195).

Related terms: Devadāru · Kadamba · Mandarācala

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 195