Planetary Herbs  for Bhasman In addition to remedial gems, each planet has an assigned herb which is ritually burnt with mantra to prepare a sacred ash (bhasman). Sun Calotropis Gigantea /Asclepias gigantea - Arka-bhasman English: Gigantic Swallow-wort Other Indic: Aka, Arka, Akado, Akanda, Akda, Akra, Alarka, Arbre-a-Soie, Arkamu, Badabadam, Byclospa, Ekke, Ekkemal, Erikka, Erikku, Erukku, Jilledu, Khok, Khark, Madar, Mandara, Mandaramu, Mudar, Surya pattra, Yercum Medicinal Moon  Artocarpus Integrifolia / Artocarpus heterophyllus -  Panasa-bhasman ENGLISH : Jackfruit, Jackfruit tree. HINDI :  Cakki, Kathal, Kanthal [listed in some places by an unregistered name = "Butia Frandosa"?, however "butia is a genus of cold-resistant So. American palm...] Mars  Paspalum scrobiculatum   -  Khadira-bhasman ENGLISH : Scorbic (Aust.), Creeping paspalum, Indian paspalum, Kodo millet, Water couch, Koda millet. HINDI : Kodo, Kodra. ("couch" in "couch grass" is from the old English cwiche, it means to "quicken" - true to Kuja it grows fast & is highly invasive) Mercury  Achyranthes Aspera  - Apamarga-bhasman ENGLISH : Devil's horsewhip, Prickly chaff-flower. HINDI : Latkana. Jupiter   Ficus Religiosa  -  Pippala-bhasman ENGLISH :  Sacred fig, Sacred fig tree, Bo tree,  Bodhi tree,  Peepul tree (Nepal), Pipal tree (India), Pippala (India), Po tree (Thailand),  HINDI :  Pipal, Pipali, Pipli. Venus Ficus Glomerata /Ficus racemosa -  Audumbara-bhasman ENGLISH :  Cluster tree, Country fig,  Gular fig, Redwood fig, Cluster fig HINDI :  Doomar, Domoor, Gular, Udumbara, Umar, Umbar Saturn  Prosopis cineraria  -  Shami-bhasma [Zani-bhasman] "The tree (prosopis cineraria) is known as jand in Hindi and Punjabi, jandi in Haryanvi, khejri in Rajasthani, and sami or samri in 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. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020928/windows/main2.htm Ghaf (Arabic), Jand (Punjab), Jandi (Pakistan), Shum (India) http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Prosopis_cineraria.html  Rahu   Cynodon Dactylon  -  Durva-bhasman ENGLISH : Bermuda grass, Scutch grass, Star grass. NEPALESE :     Dubo,   Panjaa,   Seto duvo,   Situu.  [if you are not seeing the Devanagari words, please install Unicode fonts.] Ketu Poa cynosuroides -  Kusha-bhasman - Kutha-bhasman English: Big cordgrass or Salt reed-grass, and in Australia, as Halfa grass Intl: Sacrificial Grass , Kusha Grass Sanskrit: kutapa, kutha, kuza, pavitraka, vahni "It grows beside brackish (salty) water such as found at the mouths of rivers & 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 & Durva, Agrostis linearis."  - http://www.khandro.net/nature_plants_kusha.htm
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