Spiritual Names
Flowers are the 'wordless prayers of Nature', beautiful expressions of its yearning for the Divine . And each flower has its unique aspiration, its own vibration, its true meaning.
Following are the spirtual names of some flowers :
Flowers |
Common Name (India) |
Common Name(West) |
Devotion |
Tulsi |
Ocimum sanctum |
Dynamic Power |
Java |
Hibiscus |
Courage |
Mudar |
Calostropis procera |
The Divine Consciousness |
Safed Kamal |
White Lotus |
Significance Of Colors
Flowers and colors, Colors and Flowers . They always go together . The scientists have given many biological and botanical reasons to explain colors, but there is also a spiritual reason. In yogic psychology every plane of consciousness has its own particular color . Flowers with certain colors have often spiritual meanings corresponding to that plane of consciousness .
The major planes and their corresponding colors :
| Major Plane | Corresponding Color |
| Physical | Bright Red |
| Vital | Dark Red - Lavendar - Violet or Purple |
| Mental | Yellow or Greenish Yellow |
| Psychic | Pink or Pale Rose |
| Supramental | Orange or Golden Yellow |
| Integral | White |
| Krishna 's Light | Light Blue |
The Elements
Amongst the flowers there are some which correspond to the elements - Water, Air, Fire, Ether. There are also a few like Light, Flame, Agni, or Silver and Gold.
| Spiritual Name | Common Name (India) | Common Name (West) | Botanical Name |
| Water | Bridal Creeper | Porana paniculata | |
| Air | Raat-ki-Rani | Night Queen | Cestrum nocturnum |
| Light | Din-ka-Raja | Qeen Of The Day | Cestrum diurnum |
| Ether | Horse-tail Creeper | porana volubilis | |
| Fire | Krishnachura | Peacock Flower | Poinciana pulcherrima |
| Flame | Coral Hibiscus | Hibiscus schizopetalus | |
| Agni | Hibiscus | ||
| Gold | Kanchan | St. Thomas tree | Bauhinia tomentosa |
| Silver | Brisbane Lily | Eurycles sylvestris |
* All information has been taken from the book - "Flowers - their spiritual significance" . Printed in India at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherri .