nyagrodha

Japanese: nyagrodha
nyagrodha

...Some varieties have leaves that curve upward at the base, forming a funnel shape, which is said to be because Krishna used them to make a cup. The Sanskrit name is nyagrodha, transliterated as nikuritsu-ju, which means "growing downward," capturing the characteristics of the aerial roots. Its vast, spreading shape is used as an analogy for the bodhicitta of the bodhisattva, which "covers everything," and on the other hand, it is also a symbol of reincarnation, which is "formless, without beginning or end."...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "nyagrodha" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…変種には葉が付根のところで上方に反り,ロート状を呈するものがあり,これはクリシュナがカップに使ったためと伝えられている。 サンスクリット名は〈ニヤグローダnyagrodha〉といい,〈尼拘律樹(にくりつじゆ)〉と音写されるが,これは〈下に向かい生長する〉を意味し,気根の特徴をとらえている。また広大にひろがる姿は〈あまねくいっさいを覆う〉菩薩の菩提心のたとえに用いられ,一方では〈形も定まらず,始まりも終りもない〉輪廻の象徴ともされる。…

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