Life of Tulasi Devi and Her Care and Worship

By Amala-bhakta dāsa (New-2003)

The Life of Tulasi

1. The Appearance of Tulasī Devī
2. Tulasī Performs Austerities
3. The Birth of Śaṅkhacūḍa
4. Tulasī Devī Tests King Śaṅkhacūḍa
5. Tulasī Marries Śaṅkhacūḍa
6. Lord Viṣṇu Helps the Demigods
7. An Envoy Sent to Śaṅkhacūḍa
8. Śaṅkhacūḍa Consoles Tulasī
9. Śaṅkhacūḍa Prepares for War
10. Lord Śiva’s Counsel
11. The War Begins
12. Kārttikeya and Kālī Enter the Battle
13. Lord Śiva Enters the Battle
14. Lord Viṣṇu Appears
15. The Final Battle
16. Tulasī Curses Lord Viṣṇu
17. Blessings Tulasī Devī will Bestow
18. Blessings of the Śālagrāma
19. Tulasī Returns to the Spiritual World

Cultivation and Care of Tulasi

1. Cultivation and Care of Tulasī Devī
   • How to Care for Tulasī Devī
     • Starting Tulasī from seed
   • Light
   • Water
   • Temperature
   • Humidity
   • Soil
   • Nutrition
   • Transplanting
   • Keeping Tulasī Healthy

Worship of Tulasi

1. How to Worship Tulasī Devī
   • The Complete Tulasī Devī Worship
   • Clipping and Storing Her Leaves and Mañjarīs
   • Eight Names of Śrīmatī Tulasī Devī
2. Excerpts from the VedaBase
3. Vṛndā-kuṇḍa