Jātī
Jātī, “the jasmine flower”
Grammar: feminine noun. The Telugu print also writes jājī.
Meaning: the jasmine flower, and the tree that bears it.
In the scriptures: the Bhavishya Purāṇa names it in these places.
- Mahādeva worships Sūrya in the form of the sky with jājī flowers and the Vijaya Dhūpa. Of flowers the best is jājī (Brahma Parva, Chapter 68, vv.2–4, 28–29).
- In the Kāmadā Saptamī, excellent jājī flowers are used in the second span of four months, from Āshāḍha (Brahma Parva, Chapter 105).
- The gum of the jātī tree is among the things praised for snāna in the Phala Saptamī (Brahma Parva, Chapter 64).
- In the Rasakalyāṇinī-tṛtīyā vrata the Devī is worshipped with jātī flowers and kuṃkuma (Uttara Parva, Chapter 26).
- In the Viśoka Dvādaśī, jātī is among the flowers always approved (Uttara Parva, Chapter 84).
- In the Rohiṇīcandraśayana vrata, jātī is the fourth of the twelve flowers offered month by month, in order from Śrāvaṇa, to Bhagavān Vishṇu in the form of Candra (Uttara Parva, Chapter 206).
Related terms: Jāji · Vijaya Dhūpa
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 64, 68, 105; Uttara Parva, Chapters 26, 84, 206