多た羅ら樹じゅ

noun

palmyra palm

Refers to the palmyra palm tree (Borassus flabellifer). Often encountered in Buddhist or historical contexts; the cross-reference パルミラ椰子 is the more common modern term.

See also: パルミラ椰子

• 多た羅ら樹じゅはインドや東とう南なんアジアで見みられるヤシの一いっ種しゅだ。

  The palmyra palm is a type of palm tree found in India and Southeast Asia.

noun

ancient Indian unit of distance (approx. 15 m)

Historical unit of length used in ancient India, roughly equivalent to 15 meters. Appears in classical Buddhist texts and older literature.

• 経きょう典てんには、多た羅ら樹じゅの高たかさを単たん位いとした距きょ離りの記き述じゅつがある。

  In the scriptures, there are descriptions of distances using the height of a palmyra palm as a unit.