Kapittha

Kapittha

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: a tree (Hindi कैथ).

In the scriptures: Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa tells the king, in the glory of ishṭāpūrta, that the man who plants one pippala, one nimba, one vaṭa, ten tintiḍī, one each of kapittha, bilva and āmalaka, and five mango trees never sees the face of naraka.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 127–129

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 127–129