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Nariyal (Coconut)

नारियल
Every remedy, vidhi, brahmastra and answer that uses this item, with the event, place and goal each one serves.
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Also known ascoconutshriphaljata wala nariyal

Where it is used

Principleनारियल

Coconut Tree: Five Elements, Allowed in Every Direction Including the North-East

The coconut tree holds all five elements and captures the most cosmic and underground energy, drawing it into the home. It is the only tall tree allowed in the North-East and can be planted in any direction.

Coconut tree

Any direction, including the North-East

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Moon (North-West) Interior: White, Pearl, Marble, Water Creatures and Plants

The North-West is the seat of the Moon and of Vayu (air). Its interior uses white and ivory, pearls, white stone and a little white marble, pictures of water creatures and the full Moon, and moon-loving plants.

Plants: kumudini (water lily), white rose, coconut, sweet neem, peace lily

North-West zone

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Rahu-Ketu (South-West) Interior: Golden Yellow, Nandi, Awards and Tall Trees

The South-West is the zone of Rahu-Ketu. Its interior uses golden yellow, white or ivory, black stone, blue sapphire, amethyst and iron, a Nandi, awards and certificates, mountain and village sceneries, and tall outdoor trees.

Outdoor trees: coconut, mango (sindhu), betel nut palm; sweet neem as a smaller tree

South-West; tall trees outdoors in the South and South-West

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Saturn (West) Interior: Light Blue, Black Stone, Iron, Tortoise, Camel and Lotus

The West is the zone of Saturn and the place of Varun. Its interior uses light blue with white or ivory, black stone, blue sapphire, amethyst and iron, a tortoise, floodlights, bells and camel figures, and plants such as lotus and raatrani.

Plants: lotus, raatrani, coconut; shami only outdoors

West zone

Questions and answers

All 17 questions
At a bhoomi poojan, why is the first tilak given to the mason rather than the pandit?

Because the feelings (bhav) of the builder enter the building. Honouring the mason, contractor or Vastu consultant with tilak, good clothes and a coconut makes him work with joy, while a hurt craftsman's tears in the mortar bring repeated sorrow to the house.

For the coconut toss test, should the coconut be water-filled or dry?

Take a water-filled coconut for the toss; the coconut thrown in the demonstration was water-filled. A dry coconut is used instead when dowsing for ground water.

In hand scanning and the coconut toss, when should the breath be held and when released?

In hand scanning, hold the breath only while spreading the arms; then release it and bring the hands together slowly without holding it. While throwing the coconut, take a breath and let it go as you throw.

Can the coconut toss be done inside a house with a 10-foot roof?

No, do it in open ground. Thrown to a low height, the coconut naturally falls close by and shows nothing; it must go up at least 10 feet.

How should the coconut be held for the toss?

Always with the pointed end upward, just as a person walks with the head up. A coconut has three eyes, a head and a tail, and it is the only fruit in which all five elements are perfectly present.

When dowsing, is the bone or water located where you stand, where your hand is, or where the coconut lands?

It is located where the pendulum turns clockwise or anticlockwise, at the spot under the hand, about an arm's length of one and a half to two feet from the body. It is not where a jumping coconut finally falls, but where the movement began.

Some dowse for water with a coconut, some with a stone or guava wood; which is right?

Any of them, because the dowser is the person; the tool is only a bridge, a medium in which the current produces movement. Some people dowse with bare hands, and some sway or tremble where water is. Only a person whose body reacts to the energy can check it; people who live in a negative place get used to it, like a worm content in a drain.

How should an old well be closed?

A well older than 25 years is a seat of Varun devta and must not simply be filled in. Do the vastu registry with a coconut, asking the deities of the well to enter it, do three pradakshina, and after a few hours leave the coconut in another well in daily use. Lower a kalash marked with a swastik and filled with haldi and other items, add soil or sand of five rivers (or sea sand), and fill the well with good soil.

How do we know whether Shikhi or Parjanya is deactivated?

Use the same tests taught for activation. If the devta is deactivated, no fragrance spreads (desi ghee for Shikhi, chandan for Parjanya) and no sprouting happens (the wheat jaware for Shikhi, the coconut on the kalash for Parjanya).

Does the coconut kalash for Parjanya work when kept outside a door at E2?

Yes. In a flat seen on a recent visit, whose door is exactly at E2 (Parjanya), the resident keeps a water-filled kalash with a coconut on it outside the door and changes the water daily; the coconut has grown into a large plant, and the resident reported very good results for ten years without needing any planetary remedies. This is exactly the remedy prescribed for Parjanya.

In which month are Shikhi and Parjanya devtas awake?

Every devta has its own month; Shikhi and Parjanya stay awake in Shravan (Sawan). The coconut kalash can still be placed at Parjanya after Shravan has passed; once Parjanya is awake it fulfils the wishes of the residents, so that in such a house whoever enters and voices a wish sees it fulfilled.

Which coconut oil should be used for the lamp test?

Use pure coconut oil of the kind that solidifies when it is even slightly cold, like the edible coconut oil used in the South. If that is not available, a blended brand such as Parachute can be used if it burns properly.