[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s6.198 # 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 An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s6.198 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s6.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.198) 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. - [Previous: c5.s6.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.197) - [Next: c5.s6.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.199) - [Up: c5.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.198) · Pramāṇa