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Purification rites and the Śrāddha ritual - Verse 16

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 14 · Verse 16

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Sanskrit Original

तमालं शतकन्दं च मद्वसूचान्तकान्दिकी। कालेयं कालशाकं च भूरिपूर्णा सुवर्चला।।

tamālaṃ śatakandaṃ ca madvasūcāntakāndikī| kāleyaṃ kālaśākaṃ ca bhūripūrṇā suvarcalā||

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Bṛhaspati Continued:: Rājamāṣa and otherthings must be scrupulously avoided. Masūras (variety of pulse are) sacred. Kusumbha (safflower) is the abode of goddess Lakṣmī. The following things are sweet and excellent for Śrāddha rite. Atiyava (during the rainy season) Vṛṣaka, (name of a plant), Vāsaka, Bilva, Āmalaka Myrobalan), Mṛdvīka (grapes) panasa (Jack fruit), Āmrāta (the hogplum), Dāḍima (pomegranate), Tavaśolaṃyata (?) Kṣaudra, Kharjūra (dates), Āmra (mango) fruit Kaśeru (Scirpus grossus, Linn), Kovidārya, (name of a tree, Hindi Kacnar), Tālakanda, Bisa (lotus), Tamāla Śatakanda, Madvasūcānta, Kāndikī, Kāleya, Kālaśāka (the potherb ocimum sanctum), Bhūripūrṇā, Suvarcalā, (Puta Graveolens), Ekāṃsākṣa, Duviśāka, Bubucetāṃkura, Kaphālaka, Kaṇā (grains of kaṇa), Drākṣā (grapes), Lakuca (Artocarpus lacucha) Coca (the fruit of the fan palm), Alābu (gourd), Grīvaka, Karkandhū the jujube berry) Madhusāhvaya, Vaikaṅkata, Nālikera (coconut) Śṛṅgajapa Carūṣaka (name of species of fruit), Pippalī, (picher lumgum) Marica (pepper), Paṭola (fruit of Tricho sanths Dioeca) and Bṛhatī (Brinjals).