 | Asia - 1798 - 542 pages
...jointed and woody near the root, which is thick and fibrous ; it grows in large clumps, like the Venn. This beautiful and superb grass is highly celebrated...having been born in a grove of it, which burst into a flame ; and the gods gave notice of his birth to the nymph of the Pleiads, who descended and suckledthe... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bengal - Archaeology - 1807 - 504 pages
...large clumps, like the Venn. This beautiful and superb grass is highly celebrated in the Pur Anas, the Indian God of War having been born in a grove of it, which burst into a flame ; and the gods gave notice of his birth to the nymph of the Pleiads, who descended and suckled... | |
 | Quintin Craufurd - India - 1817 - 758 pages
...mythology of the Hindus. Sara, or Arrow-cane, named also Gundra, or Playful, and Tajanaca, or Acute. ". This beautiful and superb grass, is highly celebrated in the Puranas ; the Indian god of war was born in a grove of it, which burst into a flame; the gods gave notice of his birth to the nymph... | |
 | Sir George Watt - Botany, Economic - 1893 - 702 pages
...of SUGAR. SUGARYIELDING PLANTS. S7 Sacred & Domestic Uses.— Sir William Jones (in Asint. Res. Ie) says : — " This beautiful and superb grass is highly...having been born in a grove of it which burst into a flame. It is often described with praise by the Hindu poets for the whiteness of its blossoms, which... | |
 | George Bradley McFarland - Foreign Language Study - 1944 - 1094 pages
...mats, etc. The young coarse grass is a favourite fodder of buffaloes, and is also given to dépliants. This beautiful and superb grass is highly celebrated in the Puranas, the Indian god uf War having been born in a plain covered with it, which burst into a flame. It is often described... | |
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This beautiful and superb grass is highly celebrated in the Puranas, the Indian God of War having been born in a grove of it, which burst into a flame... 