śala (English spelling) sala

Japanese: śala(英語表記)sala
śala (English spelling) sala

...In India, where it originates, it is called sal, and its Chinese name is sara. It is called the sara-soju tree because of the legend that when Shakyamuni entered nirvana in Kushinagar, two of these trees were growing on each of the four sides of the Buddha. Sara can also be written as sara, and is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word śala, meaning a sturdy tree. It is also called sara-noki (sara tree, sara tree). ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…原産地のインドではサルsal,その漢名を沙羅といい,釈迦がクシナガラで涅槃(ねはん)に入ったとき,その四方にこの木が2本ずつ生えていたという伝説から,沙羅双樹という。沙羅は娑羅とも書き,サンスクリット語シャーラśalaの音写で,堅固樹の意である。またサラノキ(シャラノキ,娑羅樹)ともいう。…

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