Arjuna (Tree)

Arjuna · arjuna, “the arjuna tree”

Grammar: masculine noun: the name of a tree.

Meaning: a tree whose planting gives puṇya.

In the scriptures: the Madhyama Parva names arjuna twice among the trees whose planting brings fruit. With balvala and madhūka, it gives every kind of food grain. With śīśama, jayantī, karavīra, bela and palāśa, its planting gives svarga (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 10–11).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 10–11