Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 964: Shri Bandhuka kusuma prakhya (ōṃ bandhūkakusumaprakhyāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother’s beauty and grace are compared to Bandhuka flower.

She is yellow mixed red colour like Bandhuka flower. All colours are the Divine Mother’s form. Of these yellow mixed red colour is specially mentioned. All actions across the universe are all done by the Divine Mother. Rajasic Guna is needed to complete any action properly. Rajasic Guna is red in colour. To represent the Divine Mother’s proper actions, Her shape and structure is mentioned as yellow mixed red colour.

Yellow mixed red colour Bandhuka flower is said to be a beeja charam. This flower is found more in Bengal state in India. It is yellow mixed with red colour. The Divine Mother is said to have a body in this yellow mixed red colour, to reflect Her All-Universal actions.

Bandhuka is a bright yellow mixed red flower. We recall Shri Lalitha Sahasramam dhyana slogam “Sinduraunavigraha” with the meaning that the Divine Mother is in resplendent red form. And in Namam 560 “Dadimi Kusuma prathas” with the meaning that the Divine Mother shines like a pomegranate red flower.

The Divine Mother’s beauty and grace are compared to Bandhuka flower

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 14 September 2022, updated 31 October 2025.

References:

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-Bavandar.