Ketakī

Ketakī

Grammar: feminine noun.

Meaning: a flower; the printed gloss is kevaṛā.

In the scriptures: Śrī Kṛshṇa names it in two vratas in the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa. In the Lalitā Shashṭhī vrata the woman offers pushpāñjalis with akshata, 108 or 28 of each flower: campaka, karavīra, aśoka, mālatī, nīlotpala, ketakī and tagara (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 41). In the Rohiṇīcandraśayana vrata it is the third of the flowers for Bhagavān Vishṇu in the form of Candra, one kind in each month in order from Śrāvaṇa (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 206).

Related terms: Vrata · Pushpāñjali

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 41, 206