... fantastic meanings ... thank you very much, Pankaj. Regards.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
