tulasI [ tulAM sAdfSyaM syati, so-ka gOrA° NIz SakaMDvA . Tv. ] The holy basil held in veneration by the Hindus, especially by the worshippers of Viṣṇu. Comp. — patraM ( lit. ) a Tulasī leaf; ( fig. ) a very small gift. — vivAhaH the marriage of an image of Bālakṛṣṇa with the holy basil, performed on the 12th day of the bright half of Kārtika. — vfMdAvanaH -naM a square ( pb ) pedestal in which the sacred basil is planted.