Bāṇa (Flower)

Bāṇa

Grammar: noun.

Meaning: a flower.

In the scriptures: the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa names it in two vratas. In the Saubhāgyaśayana vrata it is the flower of the ninth month counted from Caitra; the printed gloss is kacanāra or kāśa (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 25). In the Viśoka Dvādaśī vrata it is among the flowers always approved, and the printed gloss is a blue flower or the flower of the agastya tree (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 84).

Related terms: Vrata · Agastya

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 25, 84