Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Ashvattha

अश्वत्थ · aśvattha

The sacred fig or pipal, the tree under which sages sit. Krishna names it the best of trees. In chapter 15 it becomes an image of the world itself: a tree with its roots above and branches below, to be cut with the axe of non-attachment.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.26 · Bhagavad Gita 15.1 · Bhagavad Gita 15.3