| Latin name | Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. | | Family | Poaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | dūrvā | | Identified with (Hin) | dūb, dūrbā | | Identified with (Tam) | arakampillu, muyalpul | | Identified with (Mal) | kaṛuka, kaṛukappullu | | Identified with (Eng) | Dhub grass, Conch grass | | Botanical info | A prostrate extensively creeping glabrous, highly branched perennial grass, growing all over India, leaves narrow, linear, soft, inflorescence terminal spikes, green or purplish, floral glume oblong to semi-ovate, fruits grains, oblong, about 1 mm long | | Search occurrence | dūrvā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 490)
dūrva, m. N. of a prince who was son of Nṛipaṃ-jaya and father of Timi, BhP. ix, 22, 41. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 490)
dūrvā, f. (√ durt?) bent grass, panic grass, Dūrb grass, Panicum Dactylon, RV., VS. Br., MBh. &c. (cf. ali-, gaNDa-, granthi-, mAlA-).
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