Planetary herbs for Bhasman

Bhasma = The sacred ash of incinerated herbs


In addition to remedial gems, each planet has an assigned herb which is ritually burnt with mantra to prepare a sacred ash (bhasma).

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

Moon

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...]

Mars

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)

Mercury

Bhasma for Budha

Achyranthes Aspera - Apamarga-bhasman

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

Jupiter

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.
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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

shukra_Ficus_Glomerata_1.jpg

Saturn

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

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Rahu

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

 

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