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Chapter 1 - Discipline Of Yoga  Day 5 The third vritti is Vikalpa. Vikalpa is a sort of hallucination. There may be some thought. But, it is not true. However, something hovers in the mind. This is called Vikalpa. People become paranoid.  All such unfolded and baseless fears do not mean anything. Such thoughts and ideas are called Vikalpas - fantasies. The mind either gets stuck in proof or in wrong knowledge, misconception or fantasies. Fantasies are vikalpas.  You may be already 40, 50 or 60 years old, and you fantasize what it would be like if you were 16 again. Then, you go on and think that you would go somewhere and get a big haul of gold and that, then, you would become rich.  Then, you would have your own helicopter to fly in. It is not just the children who fantasize. Adults also get into their own fantasies. This fantasy is called Vikalpa,the third modulation of Chitta. Vikalpa, could be of two types.  One could be of a joyful and pleasurab...

We have studied plants from the Melaiceae family, over the past weeks. Now let's have a quick recap of the general characteristics of this family.  🌳-Commonly known as the Mahogany family, the Melaiceae is classified under the order Sapindales. 🌳- It includes plant6s that are generally trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. 🌳- Members usually have pinnate leaves without stipules. These are alternately arranged in whorls and have characteristic asymmetric leaflets. 🌳-Flowers are generally small and unisexual, and produced in panicles, spikes or cymes. Never solitary. Flowers are usually fragrant with 5 petals and a superior ovary. 🌳-Fruits vary over species from woody capsules in Swietenia to fleshy drupes in Azadirachta, Lansium and Sandoricum. Fruits split open on maturity as in Swietenia and Aphanamixis or the pulp is segmented as in Lansium and Sandoricum. 🌳- Most species are evergreen, but some ...

Kigelia africana Syn.: Crescentia pinnata, Kigelia pinnata (Common name: Sausage Tree, Common Sausage Tree, Balam khira in Hindi) - Bignoniaceae, the mature fruits are seen dangling from the long stalks like giant sausages.  They may be up to two feet long and weigh up to 6 7 kg. The fruit, while not palatable for humans, is popular with hippos, baboons, and giraffes. Mainly grown as a curiosity and ornamental, both for its beautiful deep red flowers and its strange fruit. There are also a range of traditional uses for the fruit, varying from topical treatments for skin afflictions, to treatment for intestinal worms. There are some steroid chemicals found in the sausage tree that are currently added to commercially available shampoos and facial creams. Reference  Surendra Parihar Ex.Professor and Head. Deptt. of Seed , Science and Technology. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa,  New Delhi,  India 110012