Śālmali

Śālmali · śālmali, “the śālmali tree”

Grammar: masculine noun: the name of a tree.

Meaning: a tree that receives no pratishṭhā (consecration).

In the scriptures: the Madhyama Parva says that some trees have no pratishṭhā: Jayantī, Somavṛksha, Somavaṭa, Panasa, Kadamba, Nimba, Kanakapāṭalā, Śālmali, Nimbakā, Bimba, Aśoka and others (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 14–17).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 14–17