[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 65.2.6 # The Institutes of Akbar 65.2.6 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 65.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [65.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.2.6) 13. The Pádal has five or six long petals. It gives water an agreeable flavour and smell. It is on this account that people preserve the flowers, mixed with clay, for such times when the flower is out of season. The leaves and the stem are like those of a nut tree. It flowers in the twelfth year. 14. The Júhí has small leaves. This creeper winds itself round about trees, and flowers in three years. 15. The Niwárí looks like a simple Rái bél, but has larger petals. The flowers are often so numerous, as to conceal the leaves and branches of the plant. It flowers in the first year. 16. The Kapur bel has five petals, and resembles the saffron flower. This flower was brought during the present reign from Europe. 17. The Za’faran (saffron). In the beginning of the month of Urdibihisht, the saffron seeds are put into the ground which has been carefully prepared and rendered soft. After this, the field is irrigated with rain water. The seed itself is a bulb resembling garlic. The flower appears in the middle of the month of Aban; the plant is about a quarter of a yard long; but, according to the difference of the soil in which it stands, there are sometimes two-thirds of it above, and sometimes below the ground. The flower stands on the top of the stalk, and consists of six petals and six stamens. Three of the six petals have a fresh lilac colour, and stand round about the remaining three petals. - [Previous: 65.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.2.5) - [Next: 65.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.2.7) - [Up: 65.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.2.6) · Pramāṇa