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Rashi -Gochara -Bhava - Graha - Ratna - Nakshatra - Amsha - Varga |
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Planetary Herbs for Bhasman
Bhasma
= sacred ashof incinerated herbs
In addition to ratna, the traditional scared jewels for Jyotishavidya, each graha has an assigned herb which is ritually burned with mantra to prepare a sacred ceremonial ash = bhasma . |
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Ruta Graveolens www.scu.edu.au/schools/hahs/gfx/plants/R_graveolens.jpg |
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![]() Surya-bhasma: flowers of the silk tree Albizia julibrissin |
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Calotropis Gigantea = Asclepias gigantea = Arka-bhasman English
Other Indic
Erythrina variegata Sanskrit Other Indic
Tibetan
English
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![]() Sunshine Tree = Sacred to Surya, naative to south Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flower_I_IMG_3974.jpg |
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Moon
Artocarpus Integrifolia = Artocarpus heterophyllus = https://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Artocarpus.html#heterophyllus - Panasa-bhasman
HINDi
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Paspalum scrobiculatum - Khadira-bhasman ENGLISh
HINDi
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Mercury
https://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Achyranthes.html Achyranthes Aspera - Apamarga-bhasman = www.invasive.org ENGLISh
HINDi
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Ficus Religiosa - Pippala-bhasman en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_religiosa NEPALi
HINDi
THAi
ENGLISh
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AUM shum shukraya namah Ficus Glomerata = Ficus racemosa - Audumbara-bhasman https://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Ficus.html ENGLISH
HINDi
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Sustainer of Dry Places Prosopis cineraria - Shami-bhasma en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_cineraria " The tree prosopis cineraria is known as jand in Hindi and Punjabi, jandiin Haryanvi, khejriin Rajasthani, and sami or samriin Gujarati. Referred to as the golden tree of Indian deserts, it plays a vital role in preserving the ecosystem of arid and semi-arid areas. https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020928/windows/main2.htm Arabic
Rajasthani
Punjabi, Hindi
Gujarati
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Prosopis_cineraria.html |
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https://www.botgard.ucla.edu Cynodon Dactylon - Durva-bhasman https://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Cynodon.html ENGLISH
NEPALi
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Poa cynosuroides = Kusha-bhasman = Kutha-bhasman English
Intl
Sanskrit
" It grows beside brackish (salty) water such as found at the mouths of rivers and is a kind of tussock grass; that is, it grows in clumps. When it is dry, kusa straw is called durva or dharbai. However, some say these are two different species: Kusha is Poa cynosuroides and Durva, agrostis linearis." https://www.khandro.net/nature_plants_kusha.htm |
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