Dāla

Dāla

Meaning: a fruit or plant named in the Sarvaphalatyāga Caturdaśī vrata.

In the scriptures: in this vrata, which Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira, sixteen fruits are made in copper. Dāla is the first of them (Uttara Parva, Chapter 98).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 98