aśvattha

aśvattha m. (-tthaḥ)

1 The holy fig tree, (Ficus religiousa.)

2 The fruit of the tree.

3 The time at which it bears. f. (-tthā) Day of fullmoon.

E. a neg. śva a future period, and tha from sthā to remain; of less duration than the Vaṭa or Indian fig; there are several other etymologies.

aśvattha (tthaḥ) 1. m. The holy fig-tree.

aśvattha aśvattha, m. The holy fig-

tree, Ficus religiosa, Bhag. 15, 1.

Aśvattha, as, m. the holy fig tree, Ficus Religiosa

L. (under which horses stand; ttha = stha); Ved. a

vessel made of its wood; N. of another tree (= garda-

bhāṇḍa); the fruit of the Ficus Religiosa; the time at

which it bears; an epithet of the sun; N. of a man;

N. of a people; (ā), f. day of full moon in the month

Āśvina, in which month the fruits of the Ficus Re-

ligiosa generally become ripe; day of full moon; (ī),

f., N. of a plant. —Aśvattha-kuṇa, as, m. the fruit

season of the holy fig tree. —Aśvattha-bheda, as,

m., N. of a tree, Bignonia Suaveolens.

aśvatthá m. the holy fig-tree.

aśvattha aśva-tthá, m. [standing-place (ttha
for stha) for horses], sacred fig-tree; -tthāman,
m. N. of a son of Drona; -da, -dā́, a. giving
horses; -pāda, m. N. of a Siddha; - pā-
-dāta-sārameya-maya, a. (ī) consisting fo
horses, pedestrians, and dogs; -pāla, m. groom;
-pṛṣṭha, n. horseback; -pluta, n. horse's
leap; -budhna, a. borne by steeds; -budh-
-ya, a. characterised by horses; -mandurā,
f. stable; -mukhá, m. Kiṃnara; ī, f. Kiṃnara's
wife; -medhá, m. horse-sacrifice; N.; -yúj, a.
yoking or yoked with horses; f. sg. & du. N.
of a lunar mansion; -rāja, m. king of
horses (Uccaiḥsravas); -rādhas, a. horse-equipping;
-vat, a. rich in horses; -vāra,
m. horseman; -vṛṣa, m. station; -śālā,
f. stable; -sādá, -sādin, m. rider; -sāra-
-thya, n. N. of a serpent demon.

aśva—ttha a See ss.vv. below.

aśvatthá b m. (ttha = stha ‘under which horses stand’) the holy fig tree, Ficus Religiosa, AV.; ŚBr. &c.

a vessel made of its wood, RV. i, 135, 8; x, 97, 5

the upper (or male) araṇi made of its wood, AV. vi, 11, 1; ŚBr. xi; KātyŚr.

the plant Thespesia Populneoides, L.

N. of a Nakṣatra (also called Śroṇā), Pāṇ. iv, 2, 5 and 22

a N. of the sun, MBh. iii, 151

N. of a people, VarBṛS.

aśvattha mfn. ‘relating to the Nakṣatra Aśvattha’, (with muhūrta) the moment in which the moon enters that Nakṣatra, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 5, Sch.

aśvattha

m. (-tthaḥ)

1. The holy fig tree, (Ficus religiosa.)

2. The fruit of
the tree

3. The time at which it bears.

f. (-tthā) Day of fullmoon.

E.
a neg. śva a future period, and tha from sthā to remain; of less dura-
tion than the Vata or Indian fig; there are several other etymolo-
gies.

aśvattha aśvattha m. ficus religiosa, bot.

aśvatthaguha a. (guh) Vd. qui se cache dans l'aśvattha, ép. du feu.

— aśvatthaguhā f. Vd. la cachette de l'aśvattha.

aśvatthāman m. np. du fils de droṇa.

aśvattha- m. figuier sacré; soleil; -ā- f. jour de pleine lune du mois āśvina.

aśvatthá

1) m.

a) N. eines Baumes, Ficus religiosa L., der heilig geachtet wird und namentlich bei den Buddhisten ein Gegenstand besonderer Verehrung ist, da Śākyamuni unter einem solchen Baume das Diesseits verliess. Er schlägt Wurzel in den Spalten anderer Bäume, auf Mauern, Häusern und führt deren Zerstörung herbei. AK. 2, 4, 2, 1. H. 1131. an. 3, 316. MED. th. 15. LIA. I, 257. fgg. àśvàtthe vô nìṣadânaṃ pàrṇe vô vasàtiṣkṛ̀tā ṚV. 10, 97, 5. yamâśvàtthamûpàtiṣṭhânta jā̀yavâḥ 1, 135, 8. An beiden Stellen metonym. für ein Gefäss aus dem Holze dieses Baumes. pumā̂npùṃsaḥ parîjāto 'śvàtthaḥ khā̂dìrādadhî AV. 3, 6, 1. 4, 37, 4. 5, 4, 3. 5, 5. 8, 7, 20. 8, 3. ŚAT. BR. 4, 3, 3, 6. 5, 2, 1, 17. 3, 5, 14. 12, 7, 1, 9. KĀTY. ŚR. 21, 3, 20. aśvatthaḥ somasavanaḥ CHĀND. UP. 8, 5, 3. ūrdhvamūlo 'vākśākha eṣo 'śvatthaḥ sanātanaḥ KAṬHOP. 6, 1. BHAG. 15, 1. M. 8, 246. N. (BOPP) 12, 3. ŚĀK. CH. 141, 3. KATHĀS. 20, 24. fgg. LALIT. 97. Aus dem Holze dieses Feigenbaums wird das eine Reibholz, das männliche, genommen, welches in ein Stück von Śamī (Acacia Suma), das weibliche, eingesteckt wird. śàmīmâśvàttha ārū̂ḍhàstatrâ pùṃsuvânaṃ kṛ̀tam AV. 6, 11, 1. ŚAT. BR. 11, 5, 1, 13. KĀTY. ŚR. 4, 7, 22. Accent eines adj. comp. auf aśvattha gaṇa ghoṣādi zu P. 6, 2, 85. Vgl. pippala .

— b) N. einer andern Pflanze (gardabhāṇḍaka) H. an. 3, 316. VIŚVA im ŚKDR.

— c) die Fruchtzeit der Ficus religiosa P. 4, 2, 5. 22. 3, 48.

— d) ein Bein. der Sonne MBH. 3, 151.

— e) N. pr. eines Mannes ṚV. 6, 47, 24.

— f) N. eines Volkes VARĀH. BṚH. S. 14, 3 in Verz. d. B. H. 240.

— 2) f.

a) °tthā Vollmondstag im Monat Āśvina (in welchem Monat die Früchte der Ficus religiosa zu reifen pflegen) H. an. Vollmondstag MED. th. 15.

— b) °tthī N. einer Pflanze (laghupatrī, pavitrā, hrasvapatrikā, pippalīkā, vanasthā) RĀJAN. im ŚKDR. — Wohl aus aśva + stha ( VS. PRĀT. 4, 98) Standort der Pferde entstanden; vgl. kapittha und Z. f. vgl. Spr. 1, 467. 468. Denselben Uebergang von sa in ta vor tha haben wir in aśvatthāman und avahitthā .

aśvattha

1)

a) soll nur an einem Sonnabend berührt werden Verz. d. Oxf. H. 16,b,28. fg. °pallavairmantramabhiṣiñcetsvasiddhaye 98,b,22. fg.

— c) P. 4, 2, 5. 22 ist das Nakṣatra Aśvattha (= śroṇā) gemeint und aśvattho muhūrtaḥ beim Schol. zu 5 ist der Augenblick, wenn der Mond in dieses Sternbild tritt; vgl. WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 300. 324. fg. 374. fgg.

— e) die Ausgaben lesen aśvatha .

— f) N. pr. einer Oertlichkeit Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,33.

aśvatthá, m., der Feigenbaum, Ficus religiosa L.; für aśva-sthá, also als Standort der Rosse bezeichnet [Ku. {1,467}]. Bildlich wird es für das aus dem Holze dieses Baumes verfertigte Somagefäss gebraucht ({135,8}).

-ám {135,8}.

-é {923,5}.

aśvatthá

— 1) m.

— a) Ficus_religiosa L. Aus dem Holze dieses Baumes wird das männliche Reibholz genommen.

— b) *Thespesia populneoides Wall.

— c) ein best. Mondhaus , = śroṇā.

— d) Bein. der Sonne MBH. 3,3,21.

— e) Pl. N.pr. eines Volkes.

— 2) *f. aśvatthā Vollmondstag im Monat Āśvina.

— 3) f. aśvatthī der kleine Pippala-Baum RĀJAN. 11,123.

— 4) *Adj. zum Mondhaus Aśvattha in Beziehung stehend.

aśvatthá m. der heilige Feigenbaum.

aśvattha 1. a) °śākhā f. Maitr. S. 2, 6, 6. Nom. abstr. aśvatthatva n. 1, 6, 12.

Aśvattha m. °Name eines Dichters, S I, 448, 4.

aśvattha m. nomen arboris (Wils. ficus religiosa). N. 12. 3.

BH. 15. 1.

aśvattha;
śrīvṛkṣaḥ pippalo'śvattho budhairbodhiśca kathyate .. 196 ..
2.1.1.196

aśvattha pu0 na śvaściraṃ śālmalivṛkṣādivat tiṣṭhati sthā—ka
pṛ0 ni0 . 1 svanāmakhyāte vṛkṣe, “bodhidruḥ pippalo'śvatthaścala
patrogajāśanaḥ . pippalo durjaraḥśītaḥ pittaśleṣmavraṇāsra-
jit . gurustuvarakīrūkṣobalyoyoniviśodhanaḥ” bhā0 pra0 .
“aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇām gītā” tasya viṣṇurūpitvena
sarvvāmaṅgalanāśakatvam aśvatthotpattiḥ “pārvatīśivayo-
rdevaiḥ surataṃ kurvatoḥ kila . agniṃ brāhmaṇaveśena
preṣya vighnaṃ kṛtaṃ purā . śaśāpa pārvatī kruddhā sarvā-
neva divaukasaḥ” isyupakramya “tasmānmama sukhabhraṃśāt yūyaṃ
vṛkṣatvamāpsyatha” pārvatīśāpamuktvā “tasmādvṛkṣatvamāpannā
brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ . tasmādimau viṣṇumaheśvarāvubhau
babhūvaturbodhivaṭau munīśvarāḥ!” . bodhistvayaṃ cārkidinaṃ
vinaiva tvaspṛśyatāmāpadalakṣyīyogāt” padmapu0 kriyā0
160 adhyā0 uktā . “tasya śanivāramātre spṛśyatā-
kāraṇamapyuktaṃ tatraiva 161 adhyā0 . lakṣmyā jyeṣṭha-
bhaginyā alakṣmyā saha uddālakasya vivāhamuktvā patyā
“yāvadāgamanaṃ mama tāvat aśvatthamūle tvaṃ niṣīda” ityuktayā
alakṣmyā tatraiva sthitayā bahutithe kāle gate'pi patyu-
rāgamanamanālokya kranditaṃ, tacśrutvā ca lakṣmyā kaniṣṭha-
bhaginyā nodito viṣṇustatrāgatya tāmuvāca yathā .
“lakṣmyā saha tato viṣṇustatrāgāt kṛpayānvitaḥ .
āśvāsayannalakṣmoṃ tāmidaṃ vākyamathābravīt . aśvattha-
vṛkṣamāsādya sadā'lakṣmīḥ sthirā bhava . mamāṃśasambhavohyeṣa
āvāsaste mayā kṛtaḥ . mandavāre sadā hyenaṃ lakṣamīratrā
gamiṣyati . aspṛśyo'sau bhavettasmānmandavāraṃ vinā kila”
evañca alakṣmyāḥ sarvadāvāsādanyadine tasyāspṛśyatvaṃ
mandavāre lakṣmīsamāgamācca spṛśyatvamiti maryyādā kṛtā .
“aśvatharūpo bhagavān viṣṇureva na saṃśayaḥ . rudrarūpo
vaṭastadvat palāśo brahmarūpadhṛk . darśanasparśanādeva te vai
pāpaharāḥ smṛtāḥ” tatraivoktam aśvatthasparśastu śanivāre
eva prāguktavacanāt . tasya vaiśākhe secanaphalaṃ padmapu0
kriyā0 11 avyā0 . yathā “vaiśākhe secayennityaṃ viṣṇu-
maśvattharūpiṇam . caturvargaphalāvāptihetave vaiṣṇavojanaḥ .
gaṇḍūṣamātratoyena kuryyādyo'śvatthasecanam . so'pi
yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ vimuktaḥ pāpakoṭibhiḥ” tanmūlabandhaphalam
tatraiva “aśvatthamūlaṃ viprarṣe! yo badhnāti śilādibhiḥ .
aśvattharūpī bhagavān kiṃ tasmai na hi yacchati” . tat
praṇāmaphalaṃ tatraiva . “aśvatthadrumamālokya praṇāmaṃ kurute
tu yaḥ . āyurvṛddhirbhavettasya varddhante sarvasampapadaḥ” . ata-
eva duḥsvapnadarśanādau “aśvattharūpī bhagavān duḥkhapnaṃ śamayā-
śu me” iti mantreṇa praṇāmovihitaḥ . “tanmūle dharmmakarmā
caraṇapraśaṃsā tatraiva . “yadāśvatthatale vipra! dharmakarma vidhī-
yate . nyūnātiriktatā na syāttasmin karmaṇi jaimine! .
tatra tīrthāni sarvvāṇi tisrotādīni santi vai!” . tat-
pūjanaphalaṃ tatraiva . “aśvatthapūjakoyastu saeva haripūjakaḥ .
aśvattharūpī bhagavān svayameva yato hariḥ” .. tasya tacchā-
khāyāśca chedane niṣedhaḥ tatraiva . “tarujñānāt dvijaśreṣṭha!
yo'śvatthaṃ hanti muḍhadhīḥ . saṃsāre nāsti tat karma yat kṛtvā
sa ca śudhyati . aśvatthovṛkṣarājo'yaṃ harimūrttiḥ prakī-
rttitaḥ . tasmādaśvatthahantṝṇāṃ trātā ko'pi na vidyate .
aśvatthaśākhāmekāṃ ca svalpāmapi chinatti yaḥ . sa koṭi
brahmahatyānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ” iti ca . anyānyapi
tacchedane pāpāni tatraivoktāni dṛśyāni . tacchākhā-
cchedanamayajñārthameva niṣiddhaṃ yajñārthacchedane tu na doṣaḥ
paśuhiṃśāvattasyāpi vihitatvāt “arkaḥ palāśakhadiraḥ
apāmārgo'thā pippala” ityādinā jīvahome tasyaiva samidho
vidhānāt . 2 nandīvṛkṣarūpe aśvatyabhede ca “nandīvṛkṣo'śvatthabhe-
daḥ prarīhī gajapādapaḥ . sthālīvṛkṣaḥkṣayataruḥ kṣīrī ca syādva-
naspatiḥ . nandīvṛkṣo laghuḥ svādustiktastuvarauṣṇakaḥ . kaṭu-
pākarasagrāhīviṣapittakaphāsranut” bhā0 pra0 . 3 garddabhāṇḍa
vṛkṣe (veliyāpippala) tadguṇādi garddabhāṇḍaśabde dṛśyam .
4 saṃsārakṛkṣe tasya cirasthāyitvābhāvat tathātvam . “ūrddhva-
mūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam” gītā tadvivaraṇamadhaḥ-
śākhaśabde . aśva iva tiṣṭhati sthā—ka pṛ0 . 5 aśvinīnakṣatre
tasyāśvaśīrṣākārasyāśleṣāśabde uktatvāttathātvam . aśvattha-
nakṣatreṇa yuktaḥ kālaḥ ityaṇ tasya saṃjñāyāṃ lup .
“aśvattho mūhūrttaḥ” si0 kau0 . asaṃjñāyāntu āśvattha-
mahaḥ āśvatthī rātrī . caturarthyāṃ kāśā0 ila .
aśvatthilaḥ utka0 cha aśvatthīyaḥ tatsannikṛṣṭadeśādau
tri0 . aśvatthena yuktā paurṇṇamāsī aṇ . tasya paurṇṇa-
māsyāmapi “agrahāyaṇyaśvatthāṭṭhak” pā0 nirddeśāt
ni0 lup aśvatthayuktāyāṃ paurṇṇamāsyām . lupi vyakti
vacanokteḥ pustvam . tatra bhavaḥ ṭhak . āśvatthikaḥ .
cāndrāśvinamāse .

Aśvattha¹, one of the 108 names of the Sun in the enumera-

tion of Dhaumya. § 310 (Āraṇyakap., cf. Sūrya): III,

3, 156.

Aśvattha² = Śiva (1000 names²).

Aśvattha³ = Viṣṇu (1000 names).

1. Aśva-ttha (‘horse-stand’) is one of India's greatest trees,

the Ficus religiosa, later called pippala¹ (now Peepal). Vessels

made of the wood of the Aśvattha are mentioned in the Rigveda,²

and the tree itself is constantly referred to later.³ Its hard

wood formed the upper of the two pieces of wood used for

kindling fire, the lower being of Śamī.⁴ It planted its roots in

shoots of other trees, especially the Khadira, and destroyed

them;⁵ hence it is called ‘the destroyer’ (vaibādha). Its berries

are referred to as sweet, and as eaten by birds.⁶ The gods are

said to sit under it in the third heaven.⁷ It and Nyagrodha

are styled the ‘crested ones’ (śikhaṇḍin).⁸ [Footnote] 1) The word pippala as a neuter occurs

once in the Rv. (i. 164, 20) designating

the berry of the Peepal-tree. [Footnote] 2) i. 135, 8; x. 97, 5. [Footnote] 3) Atharvaveda, iii. 6, 1; iv. 37, 4, etc. [Footnote] 4) Av. vi. 11, 1; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,

xi. 5, 1, 13. [Footnote] 5) Av. iii. 6. [Footnote] 6) Rv. i. 164, 20. 22. [Footnote] 7) Av. v. 4, 3. Cf. Chāndogya Upani-

ṣad, viii. 5, 3; Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad, i. 3. [Footnote] 8) Av. iv. 37, 4. Cf. Zimmer, Altin-

disches Leben, 57, 58.

2. Aśva-ttha. — This prince is celebrated in a Dānastuti¹ as

having given gifts to Pāyu. He is identified with Divodāsa

by Griffith,² but it is impossible to be certain of this identifica-

tion. [Footnote] 1) Rv. vi. 47, 24. [Footnote] 2) Hymns of the Rigveda, 1, 611. The

name is spelt Aśvatha in the text, but

that is merely the usual shortened

spelling of the group tth.

Aśvattha (I) — the sacred tree under which Kṛṣṇa is said

to have sat in contemplation on the eve of his departure to

Heaven.¹ Growing out of Śami tree; by attrition Purūravas

created fire and made it threefold for sacrificial purposes.² [Footnote] 1) Bhā. III. 4. 3 & 8; Br. III. 11. 35 & 109; 13. 29; IV. 43. 17;

Vā. 35. 33; 91. 44. [Footnote] 2) Vi. IV. 6. 85-94.

Aśvattha (II) — the tīrtha sacred to Vandanīya.

M. 13. 51.

Aśvattha (III) — a follower of Māyā.

M. 179. 69.

aśvattha

Vādārtha ny.

aśvattha

FICUS RELIGIOSA LINN. = UROSTIGMA RELIGIOSUM GASP.