Ashvatta - Ashvatta

Japanese: アシュバッタ - あしゅばった
Ashvatta - Ashvatta

… Among the images of the cosmic tree are the upside-down trees found all over the world. In the ancient Indian Vedas and Upanishads, the whole world is said to reside in an upside-down fig tree (Ashbhatta, Banyan). The upside-down tree represents the source of life in the universe being the sun, the seeds of all things residing in the sky, and spreading throughout the whole world. …

From [Lined Tree]

...In addition, plants used to make prayer beads, such as the deciduous tree Mokugenji of the Sapindaceae family, are also sometimes called bodhi trees. [Mitsuru Hotta]
[Indian fig]
The Indian linden tree is called Aśvattha or Pippala in Sanskrit, and is transliterated as Asetsuta and Hihatsura in Chinese Buddhist scriptures. Buddhists call it Bodhi-vṛkṣa (meaning "tree of enlightenment") because it is under this tree that Buddha attained enlightenment.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 宇宙樹のイメージの中には,世界の各地に見いだされる〈さかさまの木〉がある。古代インドのベーダおよびウパニシャッドでは,さかさまのイチジクの木(アシュバッタ,バニヤン)に全世界が宿るとされる。さかさまの木は宇宙の生命の源泉が太陽にあり,天空に万物の種子が宿り,全世界にひろがることを示す。…

【ボダイジュ(菩提樹)】より

…なおムクロジ科の落葉高木モクゲンジのように念珠を作るのに使用される植物も,菩提樹と呼ばれることもある。【堀田 満】
[インドボダイジュ]
 インドボダイジュはサンスクリット語でアシュバッタAśvatthaあるいはピッパラPippalaと呼ばれ,漢訳仏典ではそれぞれ阿説他(あせつた),畢鉢羅(ひはつら)と音写される。この木の下で釈迦が悟りをひらいたことにちなみ,仏教徒は〈ボーディ・ブリクシャBodhi‐vṛkṣa〉(〈悟りの木〉の意)と呼びならわした。…

※「アシュバッタ」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。

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