Karañja

Karañja

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: a fruit offered in the Lalitā Shashṭhī Vrata.

In the scriptures: Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira that after the pūjā the vratinī offers Bhagavatī Lalitā cooked sweets of many kinds and the fruits kūshmāṇḍa, kakaḍī, bilva, karelā, baiṅgana, karañja and others, with dhūpa, dīpa, cloth and ornaments.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 41

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 41