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पूतुद्रु (pUtudru)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पूतु॑-द्रु (AV. ), पू॑तु-द्रु (TS. ),
m.
 the tree Acacia Catechu or Pinus Deodora
पू॑तु-द्रु
n.
 its fruit.
Monier Williams 1872
English
पूतुद्रु पूतु-द्रु, उस्, m. a species of tree, =
पीतु-दारु = खदिर or according to others देव-
दारु
(उ), n. the fruit of this tree.
Vedic Reference
English
Pūtu-dru is another name for the Deodar (deva-dāru) in the
Atharvaveda^1 and the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.^2 The longer form,
Pūtu-dāru, is found in the Kauśika Sūtra.^3
1) viii. 2, 28.
2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vi. 2, 8, 4 (in
6 the fruit is meant)
Maitrāyaṇī Saṃ-
hitā, iii. 8, 5.
3) viii. 15
lviii. 15.
Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 59.