Jackfruit tree filings are used in the Agnihotra ceremony (a vedic sacred healing fire performed at sunrise and sunset).
The following is quoted off the internet): Items that are used in agnihotra - Spiritual healing meditation 1) Native cows dried dung. (Handful) 2) Hand pounded red raw rice. (Fistful) 3) Inner husk of a coconut. (Handful) 4) A bowl of native cows ghee. (4-5 Teaspoons or more if you wish) 5) Small sticks of peepal tree or choppings of jackfruit tree or sandalwood tree or paalasha tree (Handful) The following example further illustrates the scientific benefits of Yagna. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh, India) Gas Tragedy and Agnihotra The tragic incident occurred on the night of December 3, 1984 when the poisonous MIC gas leaked from Union Carbide factory at Bhopal. Hundreds of people died and thousands were hospitalized, but there were two families – those of Shri Sohan Lal S. Khushwaha and Shri M. L. Rathore, living about one mile away from the plant, who came out unscathed. These families were regularly performing agnihotra (havan). In these families nobody died, nobody was even hospitalized despite being present in the area worst affected by the leakage of the toxic gas. This observation implies that agnihotra is a proven antidote to pollution. (English Daily – “The Hindu” of 4th May 1985; news item under the heading ‘Vedic Way to Beat Pollution’.) On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Therese Almeida <therese.alme...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a common Manglorean saying about the jack fruit. If you have a > jackfruit tree in your garden you can eat well for a whole month! > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Goanet Reader wrote: > Queen of Jackfruit Recipes: Geethakka > This housewife can make 300 jackfruit products! > > How many recipes can anyone make from world's biggest fruit > -- the jackfruit? > > We don't know. But what we can vouch is that Geetha > Narasimha Bhat (46) of Sagar, Karnataka -- > Geethakka for her closer circle - can make well > over -- hold your breath -- three hundred! > > Born in a GSB (Gowda Saraswath Brahmin) family of Hebri near > Udupi, she grew up eating jackfruit in different ways. Her > mother Sushilabai knew a lot of recipes. GSBs, as a > community, are very fond of jackfruits. > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Read all Goanet messages at: > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------- >