An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s6.198

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Jambū. § 574i (Jambūkh.): On the south of Nīla and the north of Nishadha there is a huge eternal jambū tree (*Eugenia jambolana*, rose-apple), named Sudarśana, and adored by Si. and Cā.; it grants every wish, and after it Jambūdvīpa has its name; the tree is 1,100 yojanas high and touches the very heavens. The circumference of a fruit of that tree measures 2,500 cubits; when ripe the fruit bursts, and pours out a silvery juice which becomes a river, which passes round Meru and becomes to the northern Kurus; the drinking of that juice conduces to peace of mind, no thirst is felt ever after, nor decrepitude. On that spot there is found a species of gold, called jāmbūnada, used for celestial ornaments and like the complexion of indragopaka (cochineal) insects. The men who live there are of the complexion of the morning sun: VI, 7, 273 (*°vṛkshaḥ*).—§ 757e (Meru): XIII, 102, †4862.