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CC Madhya 24.299

Bengali

অশ্বত্থবৃক্ষাশ্চ বটবৃক্ষাশ্চ
কপিত্থবৃক্ষাশ্চ আম্রবৃক্ষাশ্চ বৃক্ষাঃ ॥ ২৯৯ ॥

Text

aśvattha-vṛkṣāś ca baṭa-vṛkṣāś ca kapittha-
vṛkṣāś ca āmra-vṛkṣāś ca vṛkṣāḥ

Synonyms

aśvattha-vṛkṣāḥ — banyan trees; ca — and; baṭa-vṛkṣāḥ — fig trees; ca — and; kapittha-vṛkṣāḥ — a type of tree named kapittha; ca — and; āmra-vṛkṣāḥ — mango trees; ca — and; vṛkṣāḥ — all indicated by the word “trees.”

Translation

“ ‘By the plural word ‘vṛkṣāḥ’ [‘trees’], all trees, such as banyan trees, fig trees, kapittha trees and mango trees, are indicated.’