Kaṇikāra (masculine neuter) and kaṇṇikāra Ja IV 440; V 420; the difference stated at Ja V 422 is kaṇi° = mahāpupphā kaṇṇi° = khuddaka- {159} pupphā) [Sanskrit karṇikāra] 1. (masculine) the tree Pterospermum acerifolium Ja I 40; V 295; VI 269, 537. 2. (neuter) its (yellow) flower (k-puppha), taken metaphorically as typical emblem of yellow and of brightness. Thus in similes at D II 111 (= pīta) = M II 14 (-ṇṇ-) = A V 61 (-ṇṇ-); Dhp-a I 388; of the yellow robes (kāsāyāni) Ja II 25; with reference to the blood of the heart Vism 256; = golden Vv-a 65; Dhp-a II 250 (v.l. °ṇṇ-). -makula a k. bud Ja II 83.
【陽】 翅子樹 (Pterospermum Acerifolium) 印度的一種 材用喬木,木材淡紅色,花金色,硬重適中,大都用作地板。
(masc, masc) Pterospermum acerifolium; kanak champa; bayur tree trees Petrospermum Acerifolium, whose flowers are of golden colour