Kaluva

Kaluva, “a water flower”

Grammar: a Telugu flower name.

Meaning: a water flower.

In the scriptures: the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa uses it in four places.

• Filaments of kaluva, with tāmara and tellagaluva, go into the medicine Mṛta-sañjīvinī, in equal parts in cow’s urine (Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).
• Red kaluva flowers are offered in the Aparājitā Saptamī (Brahma Parva, Chapter 98).
• Clean black kaluva flowers are offered in the Nandā Saptamī (Brahma Parva, Chapter 100).
• Brahmā says that lotuses, kaluvas, red kaluvas and nīlotpalas are always dear to Sūrya Deva (Brahma Parva, Chapter 115).

Related terms: Tāmara · Nīlotpala

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 35, 98, 100, 115