Contributions

  • Amirthalingam, M. author - Contributor

Publication

2014 - Penguin Books India, Gurgaon, India

Language

English

Word Count

73,750 words, Guess

Page Count

295 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100143066269
  • ISBN-139780143066262
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014356717
  • OCLC Control Number881709269
  • OCLC Control Number885369033
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780143066262
  • Open LibraryOL31121656M

Classifications

  • DDC202.120954
  • LCCBL1215.T75 K75 2014
  • LCCBL444.K75 2014

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 editated; 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.

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