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The sal tree (Shorea robusta) is often confused with the ashoka tree (Saraca indica) in the ancient literature of the Indian Subcontinent. [8] The position of the Salabhanjika is also related to the position of Queen Māyā of Sakya when she gave birth to Gautama Buddha under an asoka tree in a garden in Lumbini, while grasping its branch. [7]
The Didarganj Yakshi was excavated on the banks of the Ganges River, at the hamlet of Didarganj Kadam Rasual, northeast of the Qadam-i-Rasul Mosque in Patna City, on 18 October 1917 by the villagers and by the noted archaeologist and historian, Professor J N Samaddar [16] Professor Samaddar, with the help of the then president of Patna Museum Committee and member of Board of Revenue, Mr. E. H ...
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[52] [61] It is often suggested that the style of the colossal Yaksha statuary had an important influence on the creation of later divine images and human figures in India. [36] The female equivalent of the Yashas were the Yashinis, often associated with trees and children, and whose voluptuous figures became omnipresent in Indian art. [61]
Salabhanjika, Hoysala era sculpture, Belur, Karnataka, India. A salabhanjika or shalabhanjika is a term found in Indian art and literature with a variety of meanings. In Buddhist art, it means an image of a woman or yakshi next to, often holding, a tree, or a reference to Maya under the sala tree giving birth to Siddhartha (Buddha). [1]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, reversing the prior week's jump and suggesting that a gradual labor ...
The Blue Line dividing Israel and Lebanon is seen looking towards the Lebanese border town of Aadaysit from the base of a UN peacekeeping mission, August 16, 2024. - Chris McGrath/Getty Images.
Tree deities were common in ancient Northern European lore. In Charlemagne's time, following the Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae in 782 offerings to sacred trees or any other form of worship of the spirits of trees and springs were outlawed. Even as late as 1227 the Synod of Trier decreed that the worship of trees and sources was forbidden. [5]