Some aspects of plant symbolism in Indian civilization
A bird’s eye review of a few significant features of plant symbolism in Indian world, both in priestly and in buddhistic milieu: tree as axis mundi (the reversed tree, aśvattha, Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree in buddhistic context; the myth of the birth of human beings from vegetables (Lagenaria vulga...
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Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2016-12-01
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Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
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Online Access: | http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/1873 |