Mahājambū

Mahājambū · mahā-jambū, “the great jambū tree”

The Mahājambū is the great tree for which Jambūdvīpa has its name. The Madhyama Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa places it among the four mountains around Meru.

Its fruits are as large as a great gajarāja. When they fall on the mountain they burst and spread on all sides. From their juice flows the well-known river Jambū, whose water those who live there drink. By drinking that water they have no sweat, no bad odour, no old age and no decay of the indriyas, and they are pure of heart.

The soil of that river’s bank, mixed with that juice and dried by gentle breezes, becomes the gold named Jāmbūnada, the ornament of siddha purushas.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapter 4

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapter 4