Markandeyapurana 49.70
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 49.70
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49.70
oṣadhyo jajñiyāścaiva grāmyāraṇyāścaturdaśa /
vrīhayaśca yavāścaiva godhūmā aṇavastilāḥ //
And there are fourteen kinds of plants for use in sacrifices, both cultivated and wild, viz., the various kinds of both rice and barley, wheat, aṇu grain, sesamum, and seventh[62] among them priyaṅgu, and eighth kulatthaka, and śyāmāka[63] grain, wild rice, wild sesamum,[64] and gavedhuka[65] grass, kuruvinda[66] grass, markaṭaka,[67] and veṇu-gradha;[68] and these indeed are traditionally known as the fourteen cultivated and wild plants for use in sacrifices. When these plants are abandoned,[69] they do not spring forth again.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation