Gandhapāṭala

Gandhapāṭala · gandha-pāṭala, “the fragrant pāṭala flower”

Grammar: noun; gandha (fragrance) and pāṭala.

Meaning: a fragrant flower, the pāṭala, offered in pūjā.

In the scriptures: Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira the Ananta-tṛtīyā vrata, kept on the śukla tṛtīyā for Bhagavatī Lalitā, as Bhagavān Śaṃkara once told it to Devī Pārvatī. He gives a flower for Umā Devī for each month: utpala in Bhādrapada, bandhujīva in Āśvina, kamala in Kārttika, kunda in Mārgaśīrsha, kuṃkuma in Pausha, sinduvāra in Māgha, mālatī in Phālguna, mallikā and aśoka in Caitra, gandhapāṭala in Vaiśākha (the print glosses it gulāb, the rose), kamala and mandāra in Jyeshṭha, campaka and kamala in Āshāḍha, and kadamba and mālatī in Śrāvaṇa (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 26).

Related terms: Ananta-tṛtīyā Vrata · Pushpa

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 26