Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 font-family:Verdana">Jaya Jagannatha font-family:Verdana"> font-family:Verdana">Dear Gauranga Das, font-family:Verdana">Hare Krishna font-family:Verdana"> font-family:Verdana">Can you please confirm the following: font-family:Verdana"> font-family:Verdana">Khadira: Acacia catechu. Are you certain that this should not be areca catechu instead? In Africa, there are thousands of species for Acacia, but not one have I seen so far has the catechu nut. font-family:Verdana">As for Dhruva grass: I have it here are cynodon dactylon font-family:Verdana"> font-family:Verdana">Thank you for the list of gemstones. In GP, there is a difference for Indranila and Mahanila. How do you read it please? font-family:Verdana"> font-family:Verdana">Best wishes, font-family:Verdana"> 12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> AUTOTEXTLIST \s "E-mail Signature" 12.0pt;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Swee color:blue;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">swee (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net 12.0pt;color:blue;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> 12.0pt;color:blue;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">http://www.brihaspati.net/ 12.0pt;color:blue;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> 12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> -----Original Message----- Gauranga Das [gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net] Monday, February 10, 2003 1:24 PM To: vedic astrology Re: [vedic astrology] for swee - plants JAYA JAGANNATHA! Dear Ramapriya, Namaste. Bhasma means ashes, Most probably the list you are referring to is the list of firewood used for the havan (fire sacrifice) for the navagrahas. Maharishis Parashara gives the following list: mso-color-alt:windowtext"> arkah palaashah khadirastvapaamaargastu pippalah udumbarah shami durvaa kushaasca samidhah kramaat I.e. for the Sun - Arka (Calatropis Gigantea) , for Moon - Palaasha (Butea Frondosa), for Mars - Khadira (Acacia catechu), for Mercury - Apamaarga (Achyranthes Aspera), for Jupiter - Pippala (Ficus Religiosa), for Venus - Udumbara (Ficus Racemosa), for Saturn - Shami (Prosopis Spicigera), for Rahu - Durva grass (Panicum Dactylon) and for Ketu - Kusha grass (Desmostachya bipinnata) should be used. Latin names are taken from Brihat Samhita and Hora Ratnam tarnslations. I hope this helps. windowtext"> Also Balabhadra gives a list of Navaratnas, but I'm not sure about Santhanam's translation to be4 correct here: mso-color-alt:windowtext"> maanikyam vidrumam muktaphalam vaiduryanilakam vajram gaarutmakam pushparaagam gomedasamjnakam He translates as follows: windowtext"> maanikyam - Ruby, vidrumam - Coral, Muktaphalam - pearl, vaiduryam - cat's eye, neelam - Sapphire, Vajram - diamond, garutmakam - Emerald, pushparaagam - topaz, gomeda - hyacinth or zircon. Swee, maybe you can use this information. Yours, Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net Jyotish Remedies: WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET Phone:+36-309-140-839 margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">----- Original Message ----- margin-left:39.75pt;background:#E4E4E4;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-weight:bold"> Ramapriya D Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-weight:bold">vedic astrology color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-weight:bold">Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:27 PM margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-weight:bold">Re: [vedic astrology] for swee - plants mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Dear Swee, margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Since we're on the subject of herbs, I might as well get a lil' clarification. I've heard that the herbs of the various planets are as under: margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Sun: MilkWeed (Arka-bhasma) mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Moon: Butia Frandosa (Palasa-bhasma) black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Mars: Couch Plant (Khadira-bhasma) mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Mercury: Achyranthes (Apamarga-bhasma) margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Jupiter: Ficus Religiosa (Pippala-bhasma) margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Venus: Ficus Glomerata (Audumbara-bhasma) margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Saturn: Prosopis (Shami-bhasma) mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Rahu: Cynodon Dactylon (Durva-bhasma) mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Ketu: Sacrificial Grass (Kusa-bhasma) margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Is there any authenticity to the list or...? margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Warm regards, margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">Ramapriya margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">hubli (AT) vsnl (DOT) com margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> margin-left:39.75pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">----- Original Message ----- mso-color-alt:windowtext"> background:#E4E4E4"> margin-left:43.5pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-weight:bold"> Swee Chan Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:43.5pt;background:white;mso-shading:transparent;border:none; mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> color:black;font-weight:bold">vedic astrology color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:43.5pt;background:white;mso-shading:transparent;border:none; mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> color:black;font-weight:bold">Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:44 PM mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:43.5pt;background:white;mso-shading:transparent;border:none; mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> color:black;font-weight:bold">Subject: color:black"> RE: [vedic astrology] Re: for swee - plants color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> margin-left:43.5pt;background:white;mso-shading:transparent;border:none; mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> color:black"> border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-family:Verdana">Jaya Jagannatha border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-family:Verdana"> border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-family:Verdana">Dear Sarbani, border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-family:Verdana"> border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> font-family:Verdana">If possible, you could give me the publisher if you cannot find the link. mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue"> BTW, Botany is also for my own interest as I collect medicinal plants from all over the world. The next one in line for May, which has already been traced, will come from Java. (the rudraksha tree. 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