पुन्नाग

[DEV RAJ]

पुन्नाग

This word in not found in Apte's dictionary;

But it is in LalitA SahasranAma -

चम्पकाशोकपुन्नाग सौगन्धिकलसत्कचा ।

कुरुविन्दमणिश्रेणी कनत्कोटीरमण्डिता ॥ ४॥ 

What is the etymology for पुन्नाग  ?

What is the Botanical name ?

Is it नागकेसर ?

Regards,

Dev

[sadasivamurty rani]

About Punnaga
Botanical Name: Calophyllum inophyllum (Guttiferae) (Which is written in the brackets is its family name)
English Name: Alexabdrian Leurel or Pinnay Oil Tree
Kannada Name: Surahonne
Tamil Name:  Punnai, Pinnay
Telugu : Ponna, Suraponna
Malayalam : Pouna

Dr. Rani Sadasiva Murty

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[V Subrahmanian]

This is just to add another instance of the use of the word:  In Carnatic music there is this name of a rAga:  punnAgavarALi.

Also, is this:

Kannada Name: Surahonne
Tamil Name:  Punnai, Pinnay
Telugu : Ponna, Suraponna

in any way related to a very strong smelling plant called in Kannada as 'nAgadALi' which is common even in city gardens?  In olden days they would say that the strong scent of the plant would attract snakes.  

subrahmanian.v

[DEV RAJ]

On Saturday, 5 October 2013 16:20:01 UTC+5:30, sadasivamurty rani wrote:

About Punnaga
Botanical Name: Calophyllum inophyllum (Guttiferae) (Which is written in the brackets is its family name)
English Name: Alexabdrian Leurel or Pinnay Oil Tree
Kannada Name: Surahonne

Tamil name - Surapunnai 

Long-leaved two-sepalled gamboge, m. tr., Ochrocarpus longifolius 

http://agarathi.com/word/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88

dev

[sadasivamurty rani]

Dear Dev Raj!
I could not understand what you would like to say in your mail.
Please detail your views.

Dr. Rani Sadasiva Murty

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2013/10/5 DEV RAJ <rde...@gmail.com>

पुन्नाग

This word in not found in Apte's dictionary;

​Apte also has got the entry under पुंस्+ some references, but not as the main entry either पुंनाग or पुन्नाग.

2. पुंस् puṃs : (page 126)

1.63.43; Bhāg.8.2.18.-नाटः,-डः (पुंनाटः,-डः) N. of a tree.-नामधेयः (पुंनामधेयः) a male.-नामन् (पुंनामन्) a. holding a masculine name. (-m.) 1 the tree called पुंनाग.-पुत्रः a male child; P.VIII.3.6. Kāśi.-प्रजननम् the male organ of generation.-भावः (पुंभावः) manhood, masculine gender.-भूमन् (पुंभूमन्) m. a word of the

Monier Williams has got the entry under पुंस् +

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पुंनाग

(H3) पुं--नाग [p= 631,1] [L=125085] m. " elephant among men " , any distinguished man L.

[p= 631,1] [L=125086] a white elephant L.

[p= 631,1] [L=125087] N. of a plant (Rottleria Tinctoria or Calophyllum Inophyllum) L.

[p= 631,1] [L=125088] a white lotus L.

[p= 631,1] [L=125089] a nutmeg L.

 

But it is in LalitA SahasranAma -

चम्पकाशोकपुन्नाग सौगन्धिकलसत्कचा ।

कुरुविन्दमणिश्रेणी कनत्कोटीरमण्डिता ॥ ४॥ 

What is the etymology for पुन्नाग  ?

​This is the etymology as given in Sabda-Saarasvata-Sarvasvam and other lexicons:

 

​पुन्नागः

लिङ्गम्

पुं०।

व्युत्पत्तिः  पुमान् नाग इव श्रेष्ठत्वात्। 

"उपमितं व्याघ्रादिभिः सामान्याप्रयोगे। पा.सू. २।१।५५." इति उपमितसमासः।

पुरुषवदुन्नतत्वात् पुरुषः, तुङ्गश्च इति।

पुन्नागो नृश्रेष्ठः, प्राधान्यात् स इव। इति व्याख्यातारः।

अर्थाः

स्वनामख्यातबृहत्पुष्पवृक्षविशेषः। 

"पुंनागस्तु सितोत्पले।

जातीफले नरश्रेष्ठे जातीफले द्रुमान्तरे॥" इति कोशान्तरम्।(मेदिनी p.25, 43d, 44a-b

So it is used in different meanings, and in the Lalithasahasranama, it is used in sense of पुन्नाग flower, along with others in the line.

तत्पर्यायः।

पुरुषः २ तुङ्गः ३ केशरः ४ देववल्लभः ५।

"पुंनागे पुरुषस्तुङ्गः केसरो देववल्लभः।। अमरः। २-४-२५।।

कुम्भीकः ६ रक्तकेशरः ७।

अवलम्बः --- रत्नमाला।

"नमेरुः सुरपुंनागः" इति निघण्टुसर्वंकषः।

पुन्नामा ८ पाटलद्रुमः ९ रक्तपुष्पः १० रक्तरेणुः ११ अररुणः १२।

अस्य पुष्पगुणाः। मधुरत्वम्। शीतत्वम्। सुगन्धित्वम्। पित्तनाशित्वम्। भूरितो द्रावणत्वम्।

देवताप्रसादनत्वञ्च।

अवलम्बः राजनिघण्टुः॥

कषायत्वम्। कफरक्तनाशित्वञ्च।

अवलम्बः राजवल्लभः॥

 

What is the Botanical name ?

Is it नागकेसर ?

This has been already answered, as the synonym according to Ratnamala.​​

[sadasivamurty rani]

Dear Sri Subrahmanian Ji
In your mail it was mentioned with a question mark in the following manner:

" in any way related to a very strong smelling plant called in Kannada as 'nAgadALi' which is common even in city gardens?"

Is this your question or is it an added information? Please help me in understanding.

With warm regards,

Dr. Rani Sadasiva Murty

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[DEV RAJ]

I thank all the scholars and Dr HN Bhat in particular
for sharing valuable information.

But according to Tamil literature
punnAga & surapunnai are different -

varaiyaṉa puṉṉākamum 
karaiyaṉa curapuṉṉaiyum 
       [paripāṭal  11:16-17]


Dev

[Giridhar Vedantam]

Punnaga, Surapunnaga & Nagakesara are different plants. (Calophyllum inophyllum, Ochrocarpus longifolius & Messua ferrua respectively).

Nagakesara is floral parts ie kesara- Stamens are useful in Indian Medicine. In market floral parts of all three plants are sold in the name of Nagakesara. First two are substitutes of of third ie Nagakesara.

All are beautiful trees flowers.

pUjitaH pumAn iti punnAgaH (Comn. on Nighantusesha  .- VrikshaKhanda 26-27)

(Refer. e-Nighantu CD containig 25 Ayurvedic Nighantus published by Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi

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