Sanjivani (Hinduism)
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The herb is mentioned in the Ramayana when Ravana's son, Indrajit, hurls a powerful weapon at Lakshmana. Lakshmana is badly wounded, and is killed by this attack. In the Kamba Ramayanam, Sushen Vaidh instructs Hanuman to fetch the sanjeevani herb by flying to the northern side of Mount Meru, where he would find the Nīla-mahāgiri, the great blue mountain, beyond which he would find the Ṛṣabhādri, the ox-shaped mountain, with two peaks. This mountain is described to bear four medicinal herbs, including sanjeevani.[3] Unable to identify the herb, and due to time being of the essence, Hanuman lifts the entire mountain and carries it to the dead Lakshmana, who is healed and revived after its application.[4]
The mountain that bears the sanjeevani is also called the Oshadhiparvata.[5]
Identification
The mountain of herbs is identified as the Valley of Flowers near Badri in Uttarakhand on the slopes of the Himalayas.
Several plants have been proposed as possible candidates for the sanjeevani plant, including:
The herb, believed in
References
- ^ Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology. The Vayu Purana Part I Ancient Indian Tradition And Mythology. p. 317.
- ISBN 978-81-7201-680-7.
- ^ www.wisdomlib.org (2019-01-28). "Story of Mṛtasañjīvanī". www.wisdomlib.org. Archived from the original on 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ISBN 978-81-87967-72-9.
- ISBN 978-0-86547-660-8.
- ^ Telegraph India
- ^ "In search of Sanjeevani, Current Science, Vol. 97, No. 4, 25 August 2009" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ D. Balasubramaniam (11 September 2009). "In search of the Sanjeevani plant of Ramayana". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (29 July 2016). "Indian state steps up hunt for mythical glow-in-the dark plant". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2016.