[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.3339 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3339 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3339 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3339) 1) General information. Tulasī is a plant held most sacred by the Hindus. There is a Purāṇic background for Tulasī attaining this spiritualistic importance. In fact it is Mahālakṣmī, wife of Viṣṇu, who had herself taken the form of Tulasī. There is a story about it in Devī Bhāgavata. - [Previous: c9.3338](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3338) - [Next: c9.3340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3340) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3339) · Pramāṇa