Sacred plants of India
By: Nanditha Krishna & M. Amirthalingam
Contributors: Amirthalingam, M. author
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Gurgaon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780143066262
Subjects: Trees; Hinduism; Rituals; Plants
Description: Trees and plants have long been held sacred to communities the world over. In India they feature in our myths, epics, rituals, worship, and daily life. There is the pipal, under which the Buddha editated; the banyan, in whose branches hide spirits; the ashoka, in a grove of which Sita sheltered; and the tulsi, without which no Hindu house is considered complete. Before temples were constructed, trees were open-air shrines and many were symbolic of the Buddha himself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295).

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