Kshīrī
Kshīrī, “a milk-bearing tree”
Grammar: masculine noun, of kshīra (milk): that which has milk.
Meaning: a milk-bearing tree (the print glosses it दूधवाले वृक्ष).
In the scriptures: the Madhyama Parva names the woods praised for the sruvā, the ladle of yajña rites: śrīparṇī, śiṃśapā, kshīrī, bilva and khadira. A wooden darvī is made of gambhārī, tendū or a milk-bearing tree, twelve aṅgulas long, with a lower maṇḍala of two aṅgulas (Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 19–21).
Related terms: Kshīra-vṛksha
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 19–21