Śrīvāsa (Resin)
Śrīvāsa · śrī-vāsa, “a fragrant resin”
Śrīvāsa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Śrīvāsa.
Grammar: masculine noun; a compound of śrī and vāsa (fragrance, dwelling): the name of a fragrant resin.
Meaning: a fragrant resin, burned as dhūpa (incense).
In the scriptures: in the Brahma Purāṇa, Vyāsa teaches the munis the substances praised for śrāddha, the rite for the pitṛs. The fragrances are candana, aguru, kuṅkuma and other sweet scents; the fragrant things that please the pitṛs are the black and the red water-lily, kalhāra, kushṭha, māṃsī, bālaka, kukkaṭi, jātipatraka (mace), naśika, uśīra (vetiver), musta, granthiparṇī and the like. The dhūpas fit for the pitṛs are aguru, guggulu, candana, śrīvāsa and the like, and ṛshi-guggulu also (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220).
Related terms: Dhūpa · Śrāddha · Pitṛ · Aguru · Guggulu · Candana
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220