What is "punarnava"

Punarnava may refer to:

• Boerhavia diffusa, a species of flowering plant
• Punarnava Mehta, the moniker of Indian actress Pakhi Tyrewala

"Punarnava" (lit. The Ever Renewing) is a popular award winning poem by the noted Indian English poet and literary critic Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya. The poem won First Prize in the Third All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1991. The poem has been widely cited and anthologised in reputed journals and scholalry volumes on contemporary Indian poetry.