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Sacred plants of India / Nanditha Krishna & M. Amirthalingam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krishna, Nanditha, 1951- author.
- Amirthalingam, M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plants--Religious aspects.
- Plants.
- Plants--India.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- regular print
- Place of Publication:
- Gurgaon, Haryana, India Penguin Books India, 2014.
- Summary:
- 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)
- ISBN:
- 9780143066262
- 0143066269
- OCLC:
- 885369033
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