Hintāla

Hintāla · hintāla, “a palm tree”

Grammar: masculine noun, the name of a tree.

Meaning: a palm tree; the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa glosses it as girakatāḍu.

In the scriptures: the Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa of the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa names hintāla in three places.

• When Uddhava goes to Vṛndāvana on his way to Śrī Rādhā‘s āśrama, he passes, all on his left, the grove of śāla, tāla and hintāla trees, the groves of panasa, āmra and lāṅgalī, and the lovely mandāra forest (Chapter 92).
• In the teaching for the building of Dvārakā, the wood of śālmali, tamarind, hintāla, neem, vāvili, udumbara, dhattūra, vaṭa and castor is not to be used in the śibira (Chapter 103).
• Among the trees that filled Dvārakā were the date palm, ēru-maddi, kovidāra, sugarcane, haritakī, āmalakī, cilla-giñja, maddi, grapevines and hintāla (Chapter 104).

Sources

• Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapters 92, 103–104