Gambhārī

Gambhārī

Grammar: feminine noun.

Meaning: a tree whose wood is used for the darvī (ladle).

In the scriptures: A wooden darvī is made from the gambhārī tree, the tendū tree or a milk-bearing tree. It is twelve aṅgulas long, with a lower maṇḍala of two aṅgulas, and is useful in carrying out a yajña (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 19–21).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 19–21