Jambīra

Jambīra, “a kind of nīmbū”

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: a fruit, which the text glosses as a kind of nīmbū.

In the scriptures: in the Kumāra Shashṭhī vrata, Śrī Kṛshṇa gives twelve fruits to eat in the twelve months in order, and jambīra is the fifth, after panasa and before dāḍima (Uttara Parva, Chapter 42). In the Sāvitrī vrata it is among the things a woman places in the bamboo vessel and offers to Devī Sāvitrī (Uttara Parva, Chapter 102).

Related terms: Jambīrī · Mātuluṅga

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 42, 102