narshima ji, is it true/myth / belief ? - more light on this

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Thanks for sending this in, its not true at all. Its a myth/belief. The person

who wrote this obviously has not studied about rudraksha nor seen real beads.

His drawing and info are totally wrong.

 

 

, " ESHWARI COMPUTERS " wrote:

>

> The rudraksha tree grows in crevices, not on plain ground. Its leaves resemble

those

> of tamarind or nux vomica but are longer. Annually it yields one to two

thousand

> fruits. The yatis in the Himalayas survive only on these fruits. These fruits

are

> also ...called fruits of nectar (amrutphal). If eaten, they curb thirst.

> The fruits ripen on the tree and fall during winter. Then the seeds in it dry

up. Each

> fruit has fifteen to sixteen seeds (that is rudrakshas). The more the number

of

> seeds, the smaller is their size and the less is their cost. Instead of using

a small

> rudraksha solitarily, several small rudrakshas are strung together along with

a

> large one. A rudraksha has a natural opening from one side to the other. It

need

> not be created. This opening throughout its length is called a vahini

(channel). A

> rudraksha is reddish in colour with yellow stripes and and is flat like a

fish. On one

> side it has an open mouth.

>

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> A.Srinivasan

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