Damanaka plant

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Namaste JK,

 

Thanks for doing further search for Damanaka plant and discovering

that the English name is Mugwort. Very interesting! When I get

time, shall read the 2 links which you sent.

 

Om Bholenath

 

 

 

, " jk.dasgupta "

<jk.dasgupta wrote:

>

> I got some more information in web. Please visit

> http://iu.ff.cuni.cz/pandanus/database/details.php?

id=195 & enc= & sort= & display

> = & lat= & skt= & pkt= & hin= & ben= & tam= & mal= & eng= & start=

>

> English name is Mugwort. You can see photograph of the plant at

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugwort

>

> Regards

>

> JK

>

>

>

> On Behalf Of

narasimhaye

> Saturday, November 08, 2008 9:51 AM

>

> RBSC : Damanaka plant

>

>

> Namaste JK,

>

> I did a search and it says :

>

> " Damanaka is a particular type of flowering tree, Artemisia

indica.

> In modern Oriya it is called da-aNA. It is one of the two favorite

> flowers of Lord Jagannath, the other being campaka. It is said

that

> Lord Jagannath comes to the Jagannath Vallabh garden in Puri to

steal

> these flowers. Aropana means to plant. On this dvAdazI there is a

> ritual planting of the da-aNA tree. " (Bhaktarupa dasa - X-Com-

Textno:

> PAMHO6773934) " http://www.hknet.org.nz/parishad139.html

>

> Maybe you can try a search using the key words " Artemisia indica

or

> Indian sagebrush. Perhaps start from here:

>

> http://search./search?ei=utf-8 & fr=slv8-yie7 & p=Artemisia%

> 20indica

>

> Om Bholenath

>

> , " jk.dasgupta "

> <jk.dasgupta@> wrote:

> >

> > Does anybody know about Damanaka creeper plant? What is the

local

> name &

> > where it is available? I understand this plant has exceptional

> medicinal

> > properties.

> >

> > Something I know about this plant is as follows,

> > =====================

> > " Damanaka " is a creeper that originated from the tears of the

two

> wives Rati

> > and Preeti of Kama Deva. The Lord Manmatha was reduced to ashes

for

> > disturbing the penance of Lord Siva, both the wives wept. And

from

> the tears

> > of these two wives, has originated the Damanaka creeper

> > =====================

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > JK

> >

>