It is a wonder that feather pillows are known here!!. I have no idea. And cotton, cotton waste pillows are generally available here. Mother's lap is known to many But do you know one more?. " Sri Ram, Mata Sita and Lakshman were residing in the Chitrakuta Mountain during their exile period in the Ramayana. Kakasura, son of Indra, in the form of a crow was flying over the Chitrakuta and noticed the divine couple. Sri Ram was lying on the lap of Mata Sita and sleeping. Kakasura came in the form of a crow and scratched Mata Sita. The painful cry of Sita woke up Sri Ram. Bhagavan Sri Ram immediately realized that the crow was Kakasura. He took up a sharp blade of grass, infused into it the spell of Brahma and directed it at the crow. Fearing for his life, Kakasura flew all over the world. But the divine arrow followed him. Trimurtis, Devas and Saints could not save Kakasura. Finally, Kakasura took refuge at the feet of Sri Ram. Bhagvan Sri Ram said that the Brahmastra could never become futile so the arrow will hit the right eye of Kakasura. Accordingly, the arrow struck the right eye of Kakasura.So Pillows are unknown dasaratha time and Dridarashtra times. And imported idea of the Islam and the British. Actually IRONING OF DRESSES WERE DONE ONLY KEEPING THOSE DRESSES UNDER THE SAREE PILLOWS WHILE SLEEPING?!!. nOW WE HAVE GONE TO THE EXTENT OF USING SINGLE FLAT PILLOW TO DOUBLE THIN//THICK PILLOWS AND EVEN HAD ARRIVED AT SPONDYLOSIS PILLOWS AND MEMORY FOAMS.Mt Grandma had with her a miniature plank roughly 9" length and 6" breadth with two legs to support at the bottom and used to place to her head and keep it aside when woke up. A pillow; चित्तिरा उपबर्हणम् (*cittirā upabarhaṇam*) Ṛgveda ; स्रि-नरद उवच सम्स्म्र्त्य सम्स्म्र्त्य हरिम् परेचम् बभुव तुस्निम् नव-नन्द-रजह् चिरो निधयप्य् उपबर्हने स्वे ह्य् उत्कन्थ-रोमन्चित-विह्वलग्गह् स्रि-नरद *sri-narada uvaca samsmrtya samsmrtya harim parecam babhuva tusnim nava-nanda-rajah ciro nidhayapy upabarhane sve hy utkantha-romancita-vihvalaggah sri-narada*
*uvaca—*Sri Narada <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/narada#vaishnavism> said; *samsmrtya—*remembering; *samsmrtya—*and remembering; *harim—*Krsna <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/krishna#vaishnavism>; *parecam—*the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *babhuva—*became; *tusnim <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tushnim#hinduism>—*silence; *nava <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nava#hinduism>-nanda <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nanda#hinduism>-rajah—*King <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/king#history> Nanda; *cirah—*head; *nidhaya <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nidhaya#hinduism>—*placing; *api—* also; *upabarhane—*on the cushion; *sve—*own; *hi—*indeed; *utkantha-romancita-vihvalaggah—*the hairs of his body erect with longing. English translation of verse 5.14.15: Sri Narada said: Thinking again and again of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, King Nanda became silent. The hairs of his body erect with his longing to see Krsna, he rested his head on a pillow.(Garga samhita). Pillows of modern times were not there in the ancient days. But Pillows were known, UPABARHANAm sounds like an upper berth cushion. KR IRS 131122 On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 at 09:00, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you sir for all the added information. Except the feathers in pillow > and mother's lap, other information are new to me > Gopalakrishnan > > On Sunday, 13 November, 2022 at 07:32:30 am IST, Narayanaswamy Iyer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear folks > > *"We get pillows filled with different materials like cotton, waste > cotton, light sponge or foam. The best ones are filled with cotton, soft > and best to use."* > > In the West, the better pillows are filled with down -- finest feathers > from geese and other birds. They are superior to cotton, sponge, rubber > foam. > > Bolsters, or Dutch wives, are long round cylindrical pillows for wrapping > one's round on cold days. > > Throw pillows are ornamental little cushions more for decoration than use, > and set in corners of sofas and couches. > > There are no better pillows than one's own mother's lap. > > S Narayanaswamy Iyer > > On 12 Nov 2022, at 7:08 PM, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < > [email protected]> wrote: > > *PILLOW (THALAYANA)* > > Dear friends, > > These are some interesting thoughts on pillows. Nothing very serious or > very informative in this posting. > > Gopalakrishnan 12-11-2022. > > *1 Why not lengthy pillows suitable for double cots or one and half cots?* > > We are having small pillows which can be used in trains. Still smaller > ones are used for babies. Not only for supporting head of babies, but to > keep on sides also, so that they will not fall down even from a bed on the > ground. > > In hospitals for the attendant of an in- patient a small cot having > slightly more width than a bench and a small pillow is provided. > > Though we are having double cots we are not normally getting pillows to > that length. Probably if we order we could make. > > *Pillow is for the convenience of each person and keeping it in suitable > position* depending on the person. Probably this could be the reason for > providing separate pillows. > > > > *2. Normal size of pillows* > > Normally in shops selling such items like pillow, bed etc., we get two > types of pillows. One is medium and another is large. We get suitable > pillow covers also there. Though we get bed spreads and pillow covers in > textile shops, pillows we have to go to merchants selling bed, cot, curtain > cloth etc. > > There are exceptions. In Trivandrum Chalai there is a swamy’s shop where > we get dhoti, pillow cover, towel and even needle and threads. > > *3. Material inside pillow**s* > > We get pillows filled with different materials like cotton, waste > cotton, light sponge or foam. The best ones are filled with cotton, soft > and best to use. A quality cotton pillow with good cover is comfortable to > get sleep soon. They are priced high. Waste cotton filled is lesser priced > and comfortable than sponge to many. Sponge filled and foam filled appears > having more height and on use the height may get reduce. > > *4. Dirty filling cloth of the pillow.* > > In all types if we remove pillow cover, we can see the filling cloth > appearing dirty. I have wondered what makes this filling cloth so dirty. > We cannot take it leaving pillow material, because *refilling and > stitching is a very difficult task.* Still I have no idea how they become > so dirty while pillow cover appears good even on one week use*. It is not > saliva from the mouth*. *Is it dead skin entering through pillow cover > makes it so?* Recently in sponge pillows, I removed the dirty ones, > filled the material in a pillow cover and stitched by hand. While there are > sofa repair people coming in road. I have not found a single pillow repair > man. I enquired the shop selling pillows. They answered, they too have only > sofa repair. > > *5 Pillow covers from platform merchants.* > > When I came to Chennai, I purchased a few pillow covers from platform > merchants. In fact still they are in use after 15 years. Platform > merchants also sell quality items. > > *6. Hand stitching machine.* > > My son brought before years a hand stitching machine which comes on sale > at Naptol etc. Probably it could help stitching easier with new container. > I have not yet opened it. > > *7. Discarding old pillows.* > > Only way to dispose old pillows is burning now in Chennai. Waste > collectors find the item too big. In Tambaram Corporation, now waste from > home is daily collected, a fixed amount is collected along with house tax. > In states like Kerala it may not be an imaginable thing to leave pillows in > waste item. I understand those having some compound burn them. > > *8 Re- stitching tailors* > > There are few re-stitching tailors for clothes, bags. Umbrella and > footwear have become use and throw item. So too pillows. Though heavily > charged there are repair shops for foam beds changing outer cover damaged > putting new cover and stitching end. > > *9 New beds* > > Whether compliment pillow with bed is given or not most shops give > compliment pillow with bed. *It is believed bed should not be sold alone. > It should be sold only with pillow* > > *10 Blowing with pillows* > > While I was studying in school, blowing with pillows between two was a > game. Now no such games. > > *11. Guest pillows* > > Normally for guests best beds, bed spreads and pillows are kept > separately. After guests depart, bed spreads, bed sheets and pillow covers > are washed and kept. > > *12 My pillow* > > In homes each person has his own pillow/pillows. Most will not get sleep > and feel discomfort, if their pillow is not there. > > *13. Other items as pillows* > > When one is very tired, pillow is not a problem. Or working in a place at > night where work is not completed. *Many use plank as a substitute as > pillow. Many cooks in catering use plank as pillow. * Spreading a thick > cloth makes it a pillow. > > Those *installing telephone exchanges* use thick books like the > telephone directory as pillow. They may wake up in middle and continue the > work they were doing. They will sleep where the work is going on. Some > having spondylitis are advised not to use pillow or bed and simply sleep > on cot. Many use *air pillows* in train in sleeper class where bedspreads > and pillow are not given. > > *14. Sofa cushion as pillow.* > > After sofas have become common, there could be very few who do not use > sofa back cushion as pillow and watch TV and after a time relax or sleep > in the lengthy sofa with sofa back cushion as pillow. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/976145282.2384995.1668251294607%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/976145282.2384995.1668251294607%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/CF929717-100E-4BBC-862F-215DEA85A9A1%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/CF929717-100E-4BBC-862F-215DEA85A9A1%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/254424188.2459947.1668310177508%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/254424188.2459947.1668310177508%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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