Dāḍima
Dāḍima, “the pomegranate”
Grammar: masculine noun; a plant and its fruit.
Meaning: the pomegranate (Hindi anār).
In the scriptures: the Madhyama Parva lists the trees to plant and their fruit: planting dāḍima gives the happiness of a wife (Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 10–11). The pomegranate is offered in the pūjā of the Rambhā Tṛtīyā vrata (Uttara Parva, Chapter 24). It is the fruit eaten in the sixth month of the Kumāra Shashṭhī vrata (Uttara Parva, Chapter 42). It is the last of the sixteen fruits made in gold in the Sarvaphalatyāga Caturdaśī vrata (Uttara Parva, Chapter 98).
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 10–11; Uttara Parva, Chapters 24, 42, 98