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also Huzzâ; the Asvattha tree (ficus lâsa branch used for sweeping sites religiosa) showering down Soma, in of altars and burial-places, 41, 298, the world of Brahman, 1, 131, 132 343; 44, 430; sacrificial stakes to n.; Asvattha, chief among t., 8, be made of Palâsa and other t., 44, 89, 891.; Asvattha, symbol of the 123, 373-5; Parna or Palâsa and course of worldly life, 8, 111, other holy t. used for magic rites, sq. n., 189, 189 n., 313, 313 n., 370 42, 37-41, 114, 280 sq., 291, 331 sq., n.; Asvattha leaves used for salt- 463 ; Parna branch used for drivbags, 41, 33; Maruts stay on the ing away calves at new moon, 44, 8; Asvattha, 41, 34, 84; the Asvattha origin of Parna tree, 44, 122 S.; tree, the seat of the gods in the the Plaksha the first of all imthird heaven, 42, 4, 6, 415 sq.; As- movable entities, 8, 354; Sami vattha tree as a charm against ene. appeases, 43, 202; Udumbara (ficus mies, 42, 91 sq., 334 sq. ; honour glomerata) contains vital sap of all secured by Asvattha, 44, 215, 220; other t., means substance, food, tomb should not be made near As- strength, 41, 35 sq., 256 sq., 267 sq., vattha and certain other t., 44, 427 373-5, 393-5; 43, 189, 203; 44, sq.; Asvattha or Parna t. the abode 215, 220, 448; Udumbara wood (of seeds or herbs?), 44, 433; the t. used at Vâgapeya and coronation for that yield up Baresma, worshipped, throne-seat,and water-vessel,&c., 41, 4, 214 sq. and n. ; 23, 158 ; he who 35 sq., 73, 83, 104; Udumbara tree has injured a Bodhi (Bo) tree, can- sides with the gods, the other t. with not be converted, 36, 78 n.; the the Asuras, 41, 256 sq.; Udumbara holy Bodhi tree, 49 (i), 198; (ii), produces fruit equal to that of all 200 p. ; the Bodhi tree of Sukhâvatî other t., and is always moist, 41, described, 49 (ii), 49-51 ; the Gam- 257; Udumbara jar used for sowbû tree Sudarsanâ, the abode of the ing seed on Agnikshetra, 41, 337; presiding deity (Anâdrita), 45, 48 etymology of Udumbara, 41, 395; sq., 48 n.; the Gokard tree and pieces of firewood of Udumbara, the tree of all seeds growing 43, 189, 191, 203; offering-ladle of in the middle of the sea Vouru- Udumbara, 43, 214; origin of Udumkasha, 4, 55, 55 n.; 5, 31, 65-7, 91, bara, Asvattha, and Nyagrodha t. 100, 100 n., 118, 161, 176; 18, 256, from Indra's flesh, skin, and bones, 256 n., 258 n. ; 23, 173, 173 n.; 24, 44, 215 sq.; tree of Wisdom, 36, 81; 112, 112 n.; 37, 202, 202 n., 358; the Zaqqum tree of hell, see Hell the Gókereno or white Hôm yielding (c). See also Parables (e), Plants, the elixir of immortality, 18, 164, and Vanaspati. 164 sq. n.; 37, 165, 165 n.; Ilya Tretâ age, see Ages of the World. tree in the world of Brahman, 1, Triagrams, see Hexagrams. 275, 277; Kárshmarya tree repels Trial, see Judicial procedure. the Rakshas, 41, 373 sq. ; the sacred Tribes : men of wild, low, abtree Manorama in Mithilâ, 45, 36 original t., sacrificed at the Purusq.; the long-lived t. Ming-ling and shamedha, 44, 416. Tâ-khun, 39, 166 sq.; the Näga t, Tridhâtu, n. of a teacher, wor36, 130, 130 n.; simile of the in- shipped at the Tarpana, 30, 244. finitesimal seeds of the fruit of the Trikakud, Mount, formed out of Nyagrodha tree (Indian fig), 1, 104; the eye of Vritra, 26, 15 sq.; salve sweet drink secured by Nyagrodha from Mount T., 42, 61 sq., 381 sq. t., 44, 216, 220; why Nyagrodha t. Trikavyamgikâ, a female ascetic, grow downwards, and why the cot- converted by Buddha, 49 (i), 191. ton-tree is the largest among t., 44, Trikûtavat, one of the princes of 317, 317 n.; an oak-tree used as an mountains, 8, 346. altar for the spirits of the land, 39, Trimûrti, the gods Brahman, Vishnu, 217--19; Palása (butea frondosa) is and Siva, 7, xxii, 128; 15, 304, 308. the Brahman, is Soma, 12, 90, 9o n.; Trinabindu, n. of a teacher, wor41, 53, 83, 229, 258; 44, 221; Pa- shipped at the Tarpana, 30, 244.
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