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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Autor principal: Alberto Pelissero
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Università degli Studi di Torino 2016-12-01
Col·lecció:Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies
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Accés en línia:http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/1873