This plant has pure white and HIGHLY FRAGRANT flowers I believe, anything pure white is considered as pure and sacred and if it is fragrant then it adds to the value. This goes with Buddhism. They have special meanings of what they offer to Lord Buddha:
Offering flowers to the Buddhas?: will result in exceptional physical beauty in the next life. Offering incense to the Buddhas?: will result in a fragranced body in the next life. Offering lamps to the Buddhas?: will result in high intelligence, shining with boundless radiance in the next life. Offering tea [pure water] to the Buddhas?: will result in limitless and inexhaustible wealth in the next life. Offering fruits to the Buddhas?: will result in plentiful food in the next life. There must be some legend attached to this plant. We need to search...... Pankaj On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me guess from the names ... the flowers could be offered to Buddha ... > you see the nativity too ,,, south of China through Indo-China through > Malesia ... rich in Buddhist population. > Let us wait for comment(s). > Regards. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:03 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dinesh Ji can kindly make me aware why this plant is sacred I have no Idea >> tanay >> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Apocynaceae (dogbane, or oleander family) » Wrightia religiosa >>> Synonyms: Echites religiosa, Echites religiosus >>> >>> >>> RITE-ee-a -- named for William Wright, Scottish physician and botanist >>> re-lij-ee-OH-suh -- sacred >>> >>> >>> commonly known as: lady's earrings, sacred buddhist, water jasmine, wild >>> water plum, wondrous wrightia >>> >>> >>> Native of: s China, Indo-China, Malaysia >>> >>> >>> Attached views from Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan. >>> ... for more views: >>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Wrightiareligiosa&w=91314344%40N00&s=rec&m=tags >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> Department of Botany. >> University of British Columbia . >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> [email protected] >> > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
