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Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

पीलु pīlu) is the common name of two species of tree (''

Careya arborea ''Careya arborea'' is a species of tree in the Lecythidaceae family, native to the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Indochina. Its common English names include wild guava, Ceylon oak, patana oak. ''Careya arborea'' is a deciduous tree that g ...

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Mahābhārata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succe ...

. The name may also refer to the fruit of ''Pīlu'' tree, or to the blossoms of ''

Saccharum sara ''Saccharum'' is a genus of tall perennial plant, perennial plants of the Andropogoneae, broomsedge tribe within the Poaceae, grass family. The genus is widespread across Tropics, tropical, Subtropics, subtropical, and warm Temperate climate, te ...

''.Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier-Williams, (c) 1899

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