শাণ্ডিল্য

Bengali
শাণ্ডিল্য (Aegle marmelos)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शाण्डिल्य (śāṇḍilya).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃanɖilːɔ/

Noun

শাণ্ডিল্য • (śaṇḍillô)

  1. bael fruit tree (Aegle marmelos)[1][2]
    Synonyms: বেলগাছ (belgach), শ্রীফল (sriphol), বিল্ব (billô), কপীতন (kopiton), কর্কোটক (korkōṭok), মালূর (malur)
  2. a certain form of fire or Agni (অগ্নি (ogni))[2]

Proper noun

শাণ্ডিল্য • (Śaṇḍillô)

  1. Shandilya, a rishi and the progenitor of the Śāṇḍilya gotra.[2]

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “শাণ্ডিল্য”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2479
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “শাণ্ডিল্য”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1935
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