Udumbara

Buah Ficus racemosa
Bunga yang diduga adalah udumbara di Lyon, France

Dalam Buddhisme, udumbara (Pali, Sanskerta; secara harfiah ‘bunga yang membawa keberuntungan dari surga’) merujuk pada pohon, bunga, dan buah dari Ficus racemosa (sinonim Ficus glomerata).[1][2][3] Dalam literatur Buddha, pohon ini atau buahnya dapat memiliki konotasi kelangkaan dan parasitisme. Pohon ini juga disebutkan dalam teks-teks Veda sebagai sumber kayu untuk upacara dan jimat.

Uḍumbara juga digunakan untuk merujuk pada bunga teratai biru (Nymphaea caerulea Sav.).

Referensi

  1. ^ McCullough, Helen Craig; Murasaki Shikibu (1994). Genji and Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike. Stanford University Press. hlm. 94. ISBN 0-8047-2258-7.
  2. ^ Rhys Davids, Thomas & William Stede (eds.) (1921-5), The Pali Text Society’s Pali–English Dictionary (Chipstead: Pali Text Society), p. 135, 19 Nov 2008 from "U. Chicago" at Uḍumbara
  3. ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899, 1964). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (London: Oxford University Press), pp. 175, 186. Retrieved 19 Nov 2008 from "Cologne University" at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/MWScanpdf/mw0175-ujjha.pdf and http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/MWScanpdf/mw0186-udaya.pdf.

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