Kusa Grass Mat

Kusha grass is considered purifying and rings woven of it are sometimes worn in worship to keep the hands ritually pure.

Kusa grass mat.

It is also a remarkable insulator both physically and metaphysically and hence most suitable for meditation and japa. This hand woven mat of kusha grass is used as a ritual seat and finds mention in as far back as the vedas and the bhagavad gita ch. In ayurveda darbha grass is also used as a medicine to treat dysentery and menorrhagia and as used as a diuretic to promote free flow of urine. Darbha grass or kusha grass is scientifically known as desmostachya bipinnata commonly known in english by the names halfa grass big cordgrass and salt reed grass is an old world perennial grass long known and used in human history.

A traditional type of prayer mat is the one made with grass and is called kush aasana it is said that kush aasana allows the yogi to maintain that serene state of mind without being affected by the adversity of the environment surrounding him kusha whose name signifies sharp in the sense of acute is the root for the sanskrit word for expert kosala the sanctity of dhurba also known as kusha grass is as old as the indian gods all kind of evil forces like ghosts spirits demons etc keep. A traditional type of prayer mat is the one made with grass and is called kush aasana it is said that kush aasana allows the yogi to maintain that serene state of mind without being affected by the adversity of the environment surrounding him kusha whose name signifies sharp in the sense of acute is the root for the sanskrit word for expert kosala the sanctity of dhurba also known as kusha grass is as old as the indian gods all kind of evil forces like ghosts spirits demons etc keep. The kusha grass mat buddha took austerities to seek the highest truth and in the process he wandered for 5 long years in and around the pragbodhi hills.