Mālatī (Flower)
Mālatī · mālatī, “the jasmine flower”
Grammar: feminine noun; the name of a flower.
Meaning: a jasmine flower offered in pūjā.
In the scriptures: the Bhavishya Purāṇa names it in these places.
- Among the flowers of the months: the last of the twelve flowers given month by month for Bhagavān Śiva and Pārvatī (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 22). In the vrata of Chapter 25 it is the flower of the sixth month, with the name Śivā, and it is among the flowers held excellent (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 25). It is the flower of Phālguna, and with kadamba of Śrāvaṇa, for Umā Devī (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 26). It is the second of the flowers for Umā-Maheśvara on the twelve caturdaśīs (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 96–97).
- In the Lalitā Shashṭhī: one of the seven flowers offered in pushpāñjalis to Bhagavatī Lalitāgaurī, 108 or 28 of each (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 41).
- Beneath the āmalaka: one who places mālatī and tulasī under the tree and does pūjā of the śālagrāma gives satisfaction to the pitṛs and becomes a jīvanmukta (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 26).
Related terms: Mallikā · Tulasī · Pushpa · Lalitā Shashṭhī
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 26; Uttara Parva, Chapters 22, 25–26, 41, 96–97