mandArava
mandārava , m. and nt. (= Pali id. ; cf. Skt. mandāra; = the much commoner BHS māndārava ; also māndāra, °raka ; once maṇḍarava ; there are also parallel forms with mahā- compounded with each of these, but only in association with the form without mahā-), applied (in comp. or as adj. ) to a heavenly tree, or rather usually to its flowers, which are often ‘rained’ down on earth as celestial salutation to a Buddha or Bodhisattva: Mvy 6202 (mahā-ma° 6203 ); °vaiḥ puṣpair Divy 220.26 ; otherwise mand° with short a noted only in Mv , i.147.13 ; 200.11 ; 219.6 = ii.21.8 ; ii.17.10 ; 19.3 ; 33.19 ; 39.9 ; 299.5 ; 303.7 ; followed by mahā-ma° i.230.15 ; iii.94.20 (mahā° 22).
Mandārava [cf. Sanskrit mandāra] the coral tree, Erythrina fulgens (considered also as one of the 5 celestial trees). The blossoms mentioned D II 137 fall from the next world. — D II 137; Vv 22 2 (cf. Vv-a 111); Ja I 13, 39; Miln 13, 18 (dibbāni m.-pupphāni abhippavassiṃsu).
(masc, masc, from mandāra) coral tree Construction: mandāru > mandārav + *a