tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post4905014071873736720..comments2024-03-18T02:27:15.748+05:30Comments on Song of the waves - Parayil A. Tharakan Blog: Tulasi the IncomparableAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391953993560698130noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-50999167282138417212008-08-31T22:10:00.000+05:302008-08-31T22:10:00.000+05:30Kariachan, I think you are right.Kariachan, I think you are right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391953993560698130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-73637458747199596812008-08-28T19:24:00.000+05:302008-08-28T19:24:00.000+05:30It is said that Tulasi emits ozone, and for that r...It is said that Tulasi emits ozone, and for that reason it could being cultivated widely to prevent ozone depletion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-41014033827581615202008-08-23T23:15:00.000+05:302008-08-23T23:15:00.000+05:30mysorean, thank you for the suggestion. I had made...mysorean, thank you for the suggestion. I had made a post on malligai on January 4 at the link:<BR/><BR/>http://parayilat.blogspot.com/2008/01/jasmine-jasminum-flowers-for-beauty-and.html<BR/><BR/>By 'billva' do you mean bael?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391953993560698130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-75842001246886270122008-08-23T23:04:00.000+05:302008-08-23T23:04:00.000+05:30Raji, thank you.Raji, thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391953993560698130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-78206722375224829122008-08-23T22:56:00.000+05:302008-08-23T22:56:00.000+05:30mysorean, thank you, but you are giving me more cr...mysorean, thank you, but you are giving me more credit than I deserve. I'm very happy you liked my posts. Experience comes as the years roll by and would naturally reflect in one's writings.<BR/>Frankly, your comment inspires me to keep writing more.<BR/>I am amazed by the medicinal qualities of tulasi. Have researched into a few medicinal plants, but none of them come anywhere near tulasi. It does, indeed, seem to be a divine plant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391953993560698130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-52435144779260568532008-08-23T17:33:00.000+05:302008-08-23T17:33:00.000+05:30We live in the West. Tulasi can be grown in a pot ...We live in the West. Tulasi can be grown in a pot indoors as Mrs Ranganathan showed in cool Switzerland.<BR/><BR/>Abraham, I suggest you write a post on Bilva (vilvam) to complete your pieces on Tulasi and Mallika, to reflect the great composer's composition, " Tulasi, Billva, Mallika kusuma..." for the Lord's worship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-30782861064121061162008-08-23T14:01:00.000+05:302008-08-23T14:01:00.000+05:30Such a nice comprehensive post - and the image of ...Such a nice comprehensive post - and the image of the lady in front of the 'thulasi madam' is so evocative.<BR/><BR/>I know that Italians use basil in their cuisine, so I guess it must be grown in those areas too; like you say - the warmer areas of Europe and US.RAJI MUTHUKRISHNANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767924355822361427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-2711796130682003002008-08-23T13:29:00.000+05:302008-08-23T13:29:00.000+05:30Abraham,I visit this blog to read your posts, whic...Abraham,<BR/><BR/>I visit this blog to read your posts, which unlike others are born out of rich experience (like your 'South Parade' piece). I say with all humility that I have knowledge of Sanskit and Vedas, and your linking to Skanda Puranam is spot-on. I wish I was as good on rich aspects of Christianity. Again, you are right about Tulasi plant in the West. I am reminded about Prof Ranganathan who you may remember as a very distingushed librarian and the inventor of 'Colon Classification'( those days the word 'library. was used and not the fancy terms 'information sciences', which even to me a computer scientist is hot air) His wife, it was said kept a Tulasi plant in their apartment in Switzerland when Professor Ranganathan was working there as a visiting professor there.<BR/><BR/>Again, you are right about medicinal properties of Tulasi. For example, it is said a few Tulasi leaves muched with a few black pepper corns is a natural remedy for cold and sore throat.<BR/><BR/>The only other leaf which can remotely match the sanctity aspect of Tulasi is Bilva (vilvam). The great Thyagaraja composed a song in Kedara Gowla, ' Tulasi Bilva... Here again Tulasi comes first.<BR/><BR/>Again you score!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-47751840144719464522008-08-23T12:44:00.000+05:302008-08-23T12:44:00.000+05:30lakshmi bharadwaj, thanks for the comment. I think...lakshmi bharadwaj, thanks for the comment. I think tulasi can be grown in the warmer areas of Europe and US.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391953993560698130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795920124734881705.post-12156292551136488142008-08-23T12:20:00.000+05:302008-08-23T12:20:00.000+05:30Yes, Tulasi is definitely a special plant!! But i ...Yes, Tulasi is definitely a special plant!! But i guess it's too tropical to be grown in foreign countries...one has to take so much special care of it to survive, as we do here.Lakshmi Bharadwajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212991591359341995noreply@blogger.com