Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c6.t3.13

c6.t3.13

The hymns 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, give us the variety of uses to which *Darbha* could be put for the purpose of the prolongation of life, for protection, for warding off enemies and for a variety of material blessings. The plant *Darbha* seems to be identical with modern *Kāśa* and *Kuśa*—which is still used for sacrificial purposes.