Good morning Usha Di

Yes & No! Yes, we too have one or two of these confusion. Our school is
Vidyamandir, while on the other hand we do not say vidya as in normal
practice. There is li and la-e-hraswi ! No, i didn't see kahani yet!

Thank you & Regards,

Surajit


On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:08 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]
> wrote:

> surajit
> dont know about this one
>
> but old english 2-3 hundred yeas ago used to have different use of w, u
> yu,
> s, f, etc... they could not /would not differentiate between these....
> like present day bengalis cant differentiate  va, ba, bha of modern
> devnagari and if v is written to denote va they pronounce it bha....  did
> you see the latest movie kahaani... devi...debi...vidya    bidya  confusion?
>
> so w or u in  sarpagandha....
>
> ushadi
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:36 PM, surajit koley <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sir / Madam,
>>
>> An elaborate search in the net tells me that the accepted scientific name
>> of this species would be *Rauvolfia serpentina*.
>>
>> I wonder where from the name *Rauwolfia serpentina* came, as can be seen
>> in many old edition of text books, and also in -
>> http://kbd.kew.org/kbd/detailedresult.do?id=152609 , yet didn't find any
>> mention in http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-176968 ?
>>
>> Species : *Rauvolfia serpentina* (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, ; For. Fl. Br.
>> Burma 2: 171 
>> (1877).<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200018451>
>> Habit & Habitat : herb, plant height 2 feet avg., wild & cultivated
>> Date : 25-07-2009 & 27-07-2009
>> Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly)
>> ID help : http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sarpagandha.html
>>
>> Thank you & Regards,
>>
>> Surajit Koley
>>
>
>
>
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> Usha di
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