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 Latin nameDesmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf
 FamilyPoaceae
 Identified with (Skt)kuśa, darbha
 Identified with (Hin)dab, davolī
 Identified with (Tam)tarpaippul
 Identified with (Mal)daṛbha, daṛbhappullu
 Botanical infoA tufted perennial grass growing throughout India, leaves up to 50 cm long, sheaths glabrous, panicle erect, narrowly pyramidal clothed from the base with spikelets, grains 0,5 mm long, ovoid
 Search occurrencekuśa, darbha, daṛbha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageDesmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 470)
darbha, m. (2. dRbh) a tuft or bunch of grass (esp. of Kuśa grass; used for sacrificial purposes), RV. i, 191, 3, AV. &c.; N. of a grass (different from Kuśa and Kāśa, Suśr. i, 38; Saccharum cylindricum, W.), Lalit. xvii, 89, Suśr.; (Pāṇ. 4-1, 102; g. kurv-Adi v.l.) N. of a man Pravar. ii, 3, 1 (ĀśvGṛ. Kāty. &c.); 'of a prince' see dambha.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 296)
kuśa, m. grass, ŚBr., ŚāṅkhŚr., KātyŚr. ĀśvGṛ.; (the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha); the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks), Mn., Yājñ., MBh. &c.; a rope (made of Kuśa grass) used for connecting the yoke of a plough with the pole, L.; N. of a son of Vasu Uparicara, Hariv. 1806; of the founder of Kuśathalī SkandaP.; of a son of Balākāśva (grandson of Balāka, father of Kuśāmba or Kuśa-nābha), R., BhP. ix, 19, 4; of a son of Suhotra (cf. kAśa), BhP.; of a son of Vidarbha ib.; of a son of Rāma (cf. kuśIlava), Hariv. 822, BhP., Ragh. xvi, 72; of and son of Lava (king of Kaśmira), Rājat. i, 88; one of the great Dvīpas or divisions of the universe (surrounded by the sea of liquified butter), BhP. v, 1, 32, VP. [297,1]; (ā), f. (Pāṇ. 8-3, 46) a small pin or piece of wood (used as a mark in recitation) Lāṭy. ii, 6, 1 and 4; a cord (cf. kaśā), L.; a horse's bridle (cf. kaśā), L.; N. of a plant (commonly Madhu-karkaṭikā), L.; (ī), f. ( = kuśā) a small pin (used as a mark in recitation and consisting of wood [MaitrS. iv] or of metal [TBr. i, ŚBr. iii]; a ploughshare, L.; a pod of cotton, L.; (am) n. water; (mfn.) wicked, depraved, L.; mad, inebriate, L.


 
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