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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Click here to rescue a little child from a life of poverty. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rAWabB/gYnLAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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