[7] The champak is a bushy tree, bearing a profusion of star-like blossoms with golden centres, and of the most pleasing perfume. ❋ Kalidasa (1866)
May 21, 2007 8: 28 PM sra said ... rose apples, some kind of rice or coconut prep, pomegranate flower, mango slices, rose apples bisected, champak flower?, pomegranate fruit and flower ❋ Anjali (2007)
It can also be applied to several types of ornamentals such as crown of thorns, jasmine, roses, marigolds, orchids, white champak, Chinese roses and aglanema plants. ❋ Unknown (2000)
Other scents are made from _khas-khas_ grass, the mango, henna and musk, the _bela_ flower, [38] the champak [39] and cucumber. ❋ R. V. Russell (N/A)
Altars, strewn with fragrant champak-flowers, stand beneath lace-carved alcoves of black teakwood, on the broad plateaux which form welcome resting-places beside each flight of steps on the marble stairway, the gilded pinnacles and aerial spires of the white temple sparkling against the sea of rich foliage. ❋ Emily Richings (N/A)
Well did she understand, how the very sight of this audacious little _chetí_ would act like a balm on the fever of my longing for herself: carrying about with her, as she does, a reminiscence of the intoxicating fragrance of the great champak flower, whose messenger she is, like a female bee, scattering another's honey as she goes. ❋ F. W. Bain (N/A)
And the rising moon which she was watching touched her with a faint lustre, lighting up like a lamp the great gem in her hair, and making the champak blossom that floated in the hollow of her bosom's wave glimmer like the foam on a midnight sea. ❋ F. W. Bain (N/A)
And even of trees, there were only four kinds, champak, and _shála_, and _nyagrodha_, and bamboo. ❋ F. W. Bain (N/A)
When the disciples opened the coffin which had contained his body, nothing was found but a dazzling array of gold-colored champak flowers. ❋ Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 (1935)
“Sir, please wear this champak garland I have fashioned especially for you.” ❋ Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 (1935)
He saw that there was no mood of the mind that had not its counterpart in the sensuous life, and set himself to discover their true relations, wondering what there was in frankincense that made one mystical, and in ambergris that stirred one's passions, and in violets that woke the memory of dead romances, and in musk that troubled the brain, and in champak that stained the imagination; and seeking often to elaborate ❋ Unknown (1931)
The trees smelt sweet — green-blossomed champak — and scraps of Persian poetry came into his head. ❋ Forster, E. M. (1924)
"Sir, please wear this champak garland I have fashioned especially for you." ❋ Paramahansa Yogananda (1922)
Flower merchants gathered up their entire stock of freshly prepared garlands of marigold and tuberose and jasmine and champak blooms -- banked masses of garlands were hung on scores of scores of reaching arms, lifted to carry them. ❋ Zamin Ki Dost (1905)
Tuberose and jasmine and champak shall comfort thee, thou Lover of rare things! ❋ Zamin Ki Dost (1905)
I, the blossoming champak, stand unmoved on the bank, with my flower-vigils. ❋ Rabindranath Tagore (1901)
The lights go on, and I assure you our open air saloon, with its table set for dinner with silver, white waxy champak flowers, and white roses in silver bowls are delightful against the blue night outside. ❋ Unknown (1900)
What I carried away was a memory of the blue above, the gliding river below, hot sun and stillness, and the hum of a large, irridescent black beetle that went blundering through scarlet poinsettia leaves into the white, scented blossoms of a leafless, grey-stemmed champak tree. ❋ Unknown (1900)
The scent of the champak would be too heavy, but for a pleasant air from up-stream, which we hope will help to clear out the piratical longshore crew of Mandalay mosquitoes which we brought with us. ❋ Unknown (1900)
Santa: Alex has [done that] mistake yet again !
[Banta]: yeah ! he's a [champak] ❋ Champak (2009)
[My cat] read [holy champak], now it's [blowing up] ❋ AllMyTea (2019)
