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puṇḍarīkāni

puṇḍarīka

nt nom pl of puṇḍarīka (noun); nt acc pl of puṇḍarīka (noun); nt voc pl of puṇḍarīka (noun); nt nom pl of puṇḍarīka (card); …

1. lotus; (specifically) white lotus; (comm) lotus with less than one hundred petals; (or) pink lotus
2. fragrant mango tree; white mango; Mangifera indica
3. name of a hell
4. 10¹¹² (20 uppala = 1 puṇḍarīka)

Etymology. Of uncertain origin; possibly connected to Sanskrit padma (lotus) via folk etymology or a substrate language. The -rīka suffix is a diminutive or instrumental formant. The word appears early in Vedic texts with the primary sense of lotus, sacred in ritual imagery as a symbol of purity and rebirth arising from mud. No certain Indo-European cognates.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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