141 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Lamiales
► Family Lamiaceae [= Labiatae] - Mint family
► Subfamily Nepetoideae
► Tribe Ocimeae
► Genus Ocimum L. - Basil
Synonyms
Ocimum africanum Lour.
Ocimum americanum var. pilosum (Willd.) A.J. Paton
Ocimum basilicum var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth.
(=) Ocimum canum Sims
Ocimum pilosum Willd. [≡ Ocimum americanum var. pilosum]
Ocimum stamineum Sims
Common names
American basil (English)
Basil (English)
Frogs eggs (seeds) (English)
Hoary basil (English)
Lemon basil (English)
Lime basil (English)
Perennial basil (English)
Thai basil (English)
Thai lemon basil (English)
Wild basil (English)
Basilic à feuilles pubescentes (French)
Basilic américain (French)
Basilic de Cuba (French)
Basilic du Brésil (French)
Basilic du Paraguay (French)
Kampferbasilikum (German)
Wildes Basilikum (German)
Alfavaca de vaqueiro (Portuguese)
Базилик камфорный (Russian)
Bharbari (India (Bengali))
Kalo-tulashi (India (Bengali))
Kali tulasi (India (Hindi))
Kali-tulsi (India (Hindi))
Vantulsi (India (Hindi))
Nagitulasi (India (Kannada))
Ramatulasi (India (Kannada))
Katturamatulasi (India (Malayalam))
Ajaka (India (Sanskrit))
Aranyatulasi (India (Sanskrit))
Arjaka (India (Sanskrit))
Gambhira (India (Sanskrit))
Gambhitra (India (Sanskrit))
Kshudraparna (India (Sanskrit))
Vanabarbarika (India (Sanskrit))
Ganjam Korai (India (Tamil))
Kanjan Korai (India (Tamil))
Nai Thulasi (India (Tamil))
Naitulasi (India (Tamil))
Pakli (India (Tamil))
Palinkiam (India (Tamil))
Kukka Thulasi (India (Telugu))
Kukkatulasi (India (Telugu))
Bāvarī (Nepalese)
Tulasī (Nepalese)
Hintalla (Sinhalese)
Kom ko khao (Thai)
Maeng lak (Thai)
Tu (Thai)
Hui luo le (Chinese)
Himebouki (Japanese)
Raimu bajiru (Japanese)
Taibajiru (Japanese)
Manjericão (Brazil (Portuguese))
Manjerona (Brazil (Portuguese))
Albahaca velluda (Cuba (Spanish))
Description
Very tiny white bilabiate flowers tinged pink with a green calyx shaded purple towards the tip and green lemon-scented stems and leaves. A shrubby. annual or perennial culinary herb with aromatic leaves.
The first victory is to create an individuality. And then later, the second victory is to give this individuality to the Divine. And the third victory is that the Divine changes your individuality into a divine being.
There are three stages: the first is to become an individual; the second is to consecrate the individual, that he may surrender entirely to the Divine and be identified with Him; and the third is that the Divine takes possession of this individual and changes him into a being in His own image, that is, he too becomes divine.
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 7. - Questions And Answers (1955)