Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 dear phakeji, thank you so much for your detailed reply. your profound knowledge of botany is a great asset to our group...would you also tell one more thing which i had asked?--will the hairline portion on the surface break if handled roughly..those blisters i guess are too delicate...they will break..what is your opinion and experience? also, any idea how much is the cost of a nepali and indonesian 21 mukhi? with warm regards aadi sacred-objects, chandrashekhar phadke <chphadke> wrote: > > Dear Aadi ji, > > Rudraksha is a fruit and not a seed. Botanically, this type of fruit is called as drupe. In simple words, character of a drupaceous fruit is having fibrous exocarp or outer cover and stony endocarp or inner structure. The commonly known example of this type is coconut and areca nut. > > The stony endocarp of Rudraksha has tubercled or spinose ornamentation. In simple words, we call this as 'Rough surface of Rudraksha' or 'Rudraksha Thorns'. This tubercled ornamentation is more prominent and well elevated in case of Nepal Rudraksha and smooth inconspicuous in 'Indonesian Rudraksha'. Thorny structure of Nepal Rudraksha is not sharp but blunt i.e. with smooth apex. As you have rightly mentioned, small holes are commonly observed especially on rudraksha from Nepal. If these holes have smooth margin and inner surface, then these are natural. As per my experience, such natural holes are more commonly observed in Nepal rudraksha from 4 to 6 mukhi where the tubercled ornamentation is more prominent and well elevated. In higher mukhi Rudraksha such small natural holes are not common. One can examine these more critically with hand lens (10 X ). If you see rough rim or margin associated with some colour shade difference than surrounding then it could be a hole due > to insect attack. Such holes due to insect attack may be harmful to your rudraksha. You may get fine Rudraksha powder coming out from these holes. Presence of minor fissures or hair line fractures (not cracks) is also commonly seen in rudraksha, especially in the mouth region and in between two margins of a cleft or 'mukhi'. It is a natural character of any botanical material. If such fissures are very minute then one should not worry. However, higher mukhi beads being very rare and expensive, one should protect such beads (with hairline cracks) from moisture. One should not call the bead as 'khandit' if few thorns get break off. Bead with major cracks is called as khandit. > > Thanking you and with best wishes, > > Chandrashekhar Phadke aadi291 <aadi291> wrote: > dear richardsir, > some rudrakshas have very delicate perforations on their body > surface..some like portruding hairlines..you feel they will break off > if you touched them hard...what are these called? and do they break off > indeed if unintentionally wrongly handled? if even a dot falls off from > the body surface, i feel it will be called a khandit (broken0 rudraksh. > what do you say? > p.s will shri phadkeji also pitch in with his valuable input? many > thanks to both of you.. > aadi > > dear phakeji, thank you so much for your detailed reply. your profound knowledge of botany is a great asset to our group...would you also tell one more thing which i had asked?--will the hairline portion on the surface break if handled roughly..those blisters i guess are too delicate...they will break..what is your opinion and experience? also, any idea how much is the cost of a nepali and indonesian 21 mukhi? with warm regards aadi > Visit your group "sacred-objects" on the web. > > > sacred-objects > > Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 beauty. It is not fixed. Thanking you and with best wishes, Chandrashekhar Phadkeaadi291 <aadi291 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: dear phakeji, thank you so much for your detailed reply. your profound knowledge of botany is a great asset to our group...would you also tell one more thing which i had asked?--will the hairline portion on the surface break if handled roughly..those blisters i guess are too delicate...they will break..what is your opinion and experience? also, any idea how much is the cost of a nepali and indonesian 21 mukhi?with warm regardsaadisacred-objects, chandrashekhar phadke <chphadke> wrote:>> Dear Aadi ji,> > Rudraksha is a fruit and not a seed. Botanically, this type of fruit is called as drupe. In simple words, character of a drupaceous fruit is having fibrous exocarp or outer cover and stony endocarp or inner structure. The commonly known example of this type is coconut and areca nut. > > The stony endocarp of Rudraksha has tubercled or spinose ornamentation. In simple words, we call this as 'Rough surface of Rudraksha' or 'Rudraksha Thorns'. This tubercled ornamentation is more prominent and well elevated in case of Nepal Rudraksha and smooth inconspicuous in 'Indonesian Rudraksha'. Thorny structure of Nepal Rudraksha is not sharp but blunt i.e. with smooth apex. As you have rightly mentioned, small holes are commonly observed especially on rudraksha from Nepal. If these holes have smooth margin and inner surface, then these are natural. As per my experience, such natural holes are more commonly observed in Nepal rudraksha from 4 to 6 mukhi where the tubercled ornamentation is more prominent and well elevated. In higher mukhi Rudraksha such small natural holes are not common. One can examine these more critically with hand lens (10 X ). If you see rough rim or margin associated with some colour shade difference than surrounding then it could be a hole due> to insect attack. Such holes due to insect attack may be harmful to your rudraksha. You may get fine Rudraksha powder coming out from these holes. Presence of minor fissures or hair line fractures (not cracks) is also commonly seen in rudraksha, especially in the mouth region and in between two margins of a cleft or 'mukhi'. It is a natural character of any botanical material. If such fissures are very minute then one should not worry. However, higher mukhi beads being very rare and expensive, one should protect such beads (with hairline cracks) from moisture. One should not call the bead as 'khandit' if few thorns get break off. Bead with major cracks is called as khandit.> > Thanking you and with best wishes,> > Chandrashekhar Phadke> > > > > > > aadi291 <aadi291> wrote:> dear richardsir,> some rudrakshas have very delicate perforations on their body > surface..some like portruding hairlines..you feel they will break off > if you touched them hard...what are these called? and do they break off > indeed if unintentionally wrongly handled? if even a dot falls off from > the body surface, i feel it will be called a khandit (broken0 rudraksh. > what do you say? > p.s will shri phadkeji also pitch in with his valuable input? many > thanks to both of you..> aadi> > > > > > > > > dear phakeji, thank you so much for your detailed reply. your profound knowledge of botany is a great asset to our group...would you also tell one more thing which i had asked?--will the hairline portion on the surface break if handled roughly..those blisters i guess are too delicate...they will break..what is your opinion and experience? also, any idea how much is the cost of a nepali and indonesian 21 mukhi?with warm regardsaadi > Visit your group "sacred-objects" on the web.> > To from this group, send an email to:> sacred-objects> > Your use of is subject to the > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.> Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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