[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.740 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.740 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.740 - **Language:** English ### [c8.740](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.740) MAURVĪ. A kind of grass. It is with this grass that ascetics make mekhalā (waistlet). (Śloka 33, Chapter 17, Droṇa Parva). - [Previous: c8.739](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.739) - [Next: c8.741](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.741) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.740](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.740) · Pramāṇa