Panasa
Panasa, “the jackfruit”
Grammar: masculine noun.
Meaning: the jackfruit; the Hindi glosses it as kaṭahala.
In the scriptures: the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa names panasa among the best trees for pratimās (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 131). The Madhyama Parva says that planting Panasa makes the mind dull (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 10–11), and names it among the trees that have no pratishṭhā, with Jayantī, Somavṛksha, Somavaṭa, Kadamba, Nimba, Kanakapāṭalā, Śālmali, Nimbakā, Bimba, Aśoka and others (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 14–17). In the Kumāra Shashṭhī vrata of the Uttara Parva it is the fourth of the fruits to eat in the twelve months (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 42).
Related terms: Pratishṭhā · Nārikela
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 131; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 10–11; Bhāga 3, Chapters 14–17; Uttara Parva, Chapter 42