Flora / Plantdraftschool: pan-indian· Svoboda — Vāstu

Tulasī (holy basil, Ocimum sanctum)

तुलसीtulasī

also: holy-basil, tulsi, ocimum-sanctum

flo-tulasi

Definition

The holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), "the ever-popular, eternally auspicious holy basil… known in Sanskrit as tulasī" — the sacred herb Svoboda places at the bindu (central point) of the garden's inner Brahma Sthāna, or in a courtyard planter. In cooler climates a rose bush, sage plant, or saffron crocus may take its sanctity-and-purity-epitomizing role. [TRADITIONAL — Svoboda transmitting pan-Indian tulasī veneration].
Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

⚑ On-thesis: tulasī sits at the garden's Brahma Sthāna — the same centre Svoboda's Book-3 substrate ties to the Sun and to prāṇa-distribution (cf. zon-brahmasthana, rul-brahmasthana-symbolizes-sun) — making the sacred herb the living marker of the garden's prāṇa-bearing core. The species-level prāṇa link is not stated by Svoboda beyond this central-placement sanctity; captured, not forced (placement, not physiology).

Connections (1)

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  • →Brahmasthana (central zone)Traditional
    Tulasī (holy basil) is placed at the bindu (central point) of the garden's inner Brahma Sthāna — which is otherwise kept mainly empty — or in a courtyard planter; it epitomizes the sanctity and purity of nature at the dwelling's heart. [TRADITIONAL — Svoboda transmitting pan-Indian tulasī veneration]

Sources

  • txt-svoboda-vastuch. 9 'The Garden as Transition' (PDF p.238)Traditional✓ verifiedtulasī (Ocimum sanctum, holy basil) at the bindu of the garden's inner Brahma Sthāna or in a courtyard planter; eternally auspicious; rose/sage/saffron as cool-climate substitutes

Other attributes

Flora Class
herb
Part Used
whole
Ecological Role
sacred household/courtyard herb; centrepiece of the garden's Brahma Sthāna bindu; small enough for a planter
Cultivation
Planted at the central point (bindu) of the garden's inner Brahma Sthāna (kept otherwise mainly empty), or in a courtyard planter; an auspicious, purity-epitomizing presence at the dwelling's heart. Climate-substitute role-holders: rose bush, sage, saffron crocus (PDF p.238).
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