Tagara
Tagara
Grammar: neuter noun.
Meaning: a flower offered in vratas.
In the scriptures: In the Aviyoga Tṛtīyā vrata, tagara is the tenth of the twelve flowers offered month by month for the pleasure of Bhagavān Śiva and Devī Pārvatī (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 22). In the Lalitā Shashṭhī vrata, pushpāñjalis are offered with akshata, 108 or 28 of each of these flowers: campaka, karavīra, aśoka, mālatī, nīlotpala, ketakī and tagara (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 41).
In the Brahma Purāṇa: Vyāsa, teaching the munis the śrāddha-kalpa, names the flowers to be brought with effort for the pūjā of the pitṛs: jāji, campaka, loddhra, mallikā, bāṇa-kusuma, barbari, aśoka, vṛntāśoka, aṭarūśa, mango blossom, tilaka, the lotus, gandha-śephālikā, kubjaka, tagara, ketakī, yūthikā, atimukta, kamala, kumuda, padma and puṇḍarīka (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220).
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 22, 41
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220