Sacred Plants of India
By Unknown Author.
Description
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 meditated; 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. Sacred Plants of India lays out the sociocultural roots of the plants found in the Indian subcontinent, while asserting the...
ISBN(s)
0143066269, 9780143066262
