Sun

Bhasma for Surya

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

Bhasma for Chandra

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...]

Bhasma for Mangala

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 and is highly invasive)

Bhasma for Budha

Achyranthes Aspera - Apamarga-bhasman

• ENGLISH : Devil's horsewhip, Prickly chaff-flower.
• HINDI : Latkana.

Bhasma for Brihaspati

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

Bhasma for Shukra

Ficus Glomerata /Ficus racemosa - Audumbara-bhasman

• ENGLISH : Cluster tree, Country fig, Gular fig, Redwood fig, Cluster fig
• HINDI : Doomar, Domoor, Gular, Udumbara, Umar, Umbar

Bhasma for Shani

Prosopis cineraria - Shami-bhasma [Zani-bhasman]

"The tree(prosopis cineraria) is known as jandinHindi and Punjabi,jandiin 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

Bhasma for 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 script, Unicode fonts are needed]

Ketu

Bhasma for 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 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." -

http://www.khandro.net/nature_plants_kusha.htm