According to Hindu scriptures, Aśvattha, (Sanskrit: अश्वत्थ) or Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa), is a sacred tree for the Hindus and has been extensively...
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Buddhism and Jainism), which are the vata (Ficus benghalensis, banyan), ashvattha (ficus religiosa, Peepal) and Nimba (azadirachta indica, neem). Panchavati...
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also known as the bodhi tree, peepul tree, peepal tree, pipala tree or ashvattha tree (in India and Nepal). The sacred fig is considered to have a religious...
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as Yggdrasil in Norse mythology, Jian Mu in Chinese mythology or the Ashvattha fig in Hindu mythology. These trees impeded the joining of the Overworld...
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Buddhism and Jainism, such trees are the vata (ficus benghalensis, banyan), ashvattha (ficus religiosa, peepal), bilva (aegle marmelos, Bengal quince), amalaki...
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while meditating for 49 days under a sacred fig. The same species was Ashvattha, the "world tree" of Hinduism. The Plaksa Pra-sravana was said to be a...
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建木; pinyin: jiànmù) in Chinese mythology, and in Hindu mythology the Ashvattha (a Ficus religiosa). Scholarship states that many Eurasian mythologies...
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Tree, a Tree-of-Life, axis mundi, or Sacred Tree. Some examples are the Ashvattha in Hindu mythology, Yggdrasil in Norse mythology, and égig érő fa in Hungarian...
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Parashurama that fell on the ground here gave birth to a Peepal tree (Ashvattha vruksha). Mother Bhageerathi (river Ganga) is said to have come here to...
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the atman (Self) in every being. The chapter uses the metaphor of the Ashvattha (banyan) tree to illustrate the material world's entanglements, emphasizes...
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trees, usually chosen from among the Vata (Ficus benghalensis, Banyan), Ashvattha (Ficus religiosa, Peepal), Bilva (Aegle marmelos, Bengal Quince), Amalaki...
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Kalpapādapa) - It is a wish-fulfilling divine tree in Hindu mythology. Ashvattha (also Assattha) - A sacred tree for the Hindus and has been extensively...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashwath may refer to any of the following: Ashvattha, Sanskrit term for the tree Ficus religiosa Ashwath Aiyappa, an Indian...
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Mount Kailash on a mountain known as the Palace of the Medicine Buddha. Ashvattha, mythological world tree Kalpavriksha, a mythological, wish-fulfilling...
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Kalpadruma or Kalpapādapa), a wish-fulfilling divine tree. (Hindu mythology) Ashvattha (also Assattha), a sacred tree for the Hindus and has been extensively...
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Buddhism and Jainism, such trees are the Vata (ficus benghalensis, Banyan), Ashvattha (ficus religiosa, Peepal), Bilva (aegle marmelos, Bengal Quince), Amalaki...
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Jainism, these are chosen from among the Vata (ficus benghalensis, Banyan), Ashvattha (ficus religiosa, Peepal), Bilva (aegle marmelos, Bengal Quince), Amalaki...
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Sacred trees used in panchavati are the Vata (ficus benghalensis, Banyan), Ashvattha (ficus religiosa, Peepal), Bilva (aegle marmelos, Bengal Quince), Amalaki...
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