Baka (plant)
Baka
Grammar: masculine noun.
Meaning: a tree, and its flower.
In the scriptures: in the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, among the flowers for the pūjā of Bhagavān Sūrya, baka flowers give the same fruit as a thousand lotuses: one attains Sūrya loka (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 68). In the Madhyama Parva, trees such as Bhadraka, Sabhīkoṇa, Caṇḍātaka, Baka and Khadira receive pratishṭhā, but their karṇavedha saṃskāra is not done (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 14–17).
Related terms: Khadira · Bhadraka · Pratishṭhā
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 68; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 14–17