Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2140
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2140
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K. Daśapuṣpas. There are ten holy flowers.
(1) Pūvaṅkuruntal (2) Muyalcceviyan (Sutaṛeṇi—Anthericum Tuberosum) (3) Karuka (Anantā—Bent grass) (4) Nilappana (Tālamūlika—Curculigo Orchioides) (5) Kayyanya (Bhṛṅgarāja—Trailing Eclipta) (6) Viṣṇukrānti (Kṛṣṇakrānti—Clikoria Ternatea) (7) Cherupūla (Illecobrum lanatum) (8) Tirutāli (Śrīhastini—Asparagus Racemosus) (9) Uliñja (The smooth-leaved heart-pea “Cardiopermum Halicacabum”) (10) Mukkūṭṭi (Gaṇḍakāli—Sensitive plant).