Dear AasthikAs :
Here is some additional Information on Dharbham
in response to Sri Neelameggham's questions
on the Botanical name for Dharbam ( ThUppul/ViswAmthram)
and where it grows :
Dharbham is also known as Kusa (sharp) . Kusa grass
when it becomes dry is known as Dharbhai .
It grows on brackish/salty water near river estuaries .
It is a special kind of tussock grass that commonly
grows in clumps . The dried Kusa grass has one or two or three or
four leaves .Each one has a specific role in Vaidhika and Temple
AarAdhana and other Hindu smaskArAs . Occasional ly you
will seepictures of BuddhA seated on Dharbha grass during
meditation .
Botanical people cite two different kinds of Kusa Grass :
Poa Cynosuroidas and Agrostis Linearis .
PurANAs say that Kusa grass was formed , when the hairs on
the Koormam got loosened during the churning for amrutham
and washed away to the shores of milky ocean to form Kusa Grass
with the sanctity .
It grows in almost all states of India and mostly in
river banks . It is colelcted on KrishNa Paksha Prathamai days
by PurOhithAs with a specific manthram .
V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
From: "r Neelameggham" <rneelameggham@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "neelakrishna2001" <neelakrishna2001@xxxxxxxxx>;
<SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] The Holy Grass known as Dharbham or Dharbai
> Can we have some information about its botanical name
> and why and where it grows?
>
>
> --- neelakrishna2001 <neelakrishna2001@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> namaskaram;
>>
>> some more information about dharbai.
>>
>> pranamams
>>
>> http://www.trsiyengar.com/id65.html
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