parijata (English spelling)

Japanese: pārijāta(英語表記)parijata
parijata (English spelling)

...The tree can reach a height of 20m, and in early summer (March-April in India) it produces clusters of crimson to purple-red flowers about 30cm long. Deiko is also called pārijāta (transliterated as harishitsuta), and in Hindu mythology it is said to have been created when the gods and asuras churned the ocean of milk, and to have adorned the heaven of Indra (Taishakuten). Incidentally, mandragora and Datura stramonium, which has anesthetic properties, are also sometimes called mandara flowers. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pārijāta" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…樹高は20mにも達し,初夏(インドでは3~4月)には深紅色から紫紅色の花を長さ30cm内外の総(ふさ)状につける。デイコはまたパーリジャータpārijāta(〈波利質多(はりしつた)〉と音写)とも呼ばれ,ヒンドゥー教の神話では神々とアスラが乳海攪拌(かくはん)を行ったときに生じ,インドラ(帝釈天)の天を荘厳するものとなったとされる。なお,マンドラゴラや麻酔作用をもつチョウセンアサガオを曼陀羅華と呼ぶこともある。…

※「pārijāta」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  pariṇāma (English spelling)

>>:  Paris, G. (English spelling) ParisG

Recommend

Contratenor altus (English spelling)

...Male alto singer. In the mid-15th century, the...

Formal language - formal language

A system that models the human thought process and...

Causal Principle - Ingagenri

…By the way, although there are various kinds of ...

《Blue Thread Manuscript》 - Aotozoushi

...The reader's book "Aoto Fujitsuna Mor...

Yin

The name of an ancient Chinese dynasty. However, ...

Wonju

It is a city located inland in the southern part ...

Chambers, R.

…However, both theories of evolution are consider...

Alumina Minerals

...Alnogen and halotrichite Fe 2 + Al 2 (SO 4 ) 4...

Yoshiaki Mogami

Year of death: January 18, 1614 (February 26, 1614...

Elsass

…the region on the left bank of the Rhine in nort...

Saint Martin (Island) (English spelling)

It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Ant...

Orffyreus

...A wheel with a diameter of 14 feet (4.3 m) usi...

Nautiloidea

…Compared to the 3,500 or so fossil species, ther...

Science and Hypothesis

… Towards the end of the 19th century, E. Gehry, ...

Arab

They are Arabic-speaking people who originally liv...