Akshayavata
Akshayavata (
Legend
The Padma Purana states that those who venerate the Akshayavata with devotion are freed from sins.[3]
The Akshayavata is mentioned as a holy site of Gaya in the Mahabharata.[4]
According to legend, once, the sage Markandeya asked Narayana to show him a taste of his divine power. Narayana caused a pralaya, flooding the entire world for a moment, during which only the Akshayavata could be seen above the water level.[5]
According to regional tradition, the emperor Jahangir cut the Akshayavata to its roots and hammered a red-hot iron cauldron on its stump so that it does not grow again. However, within a year, the tree began to grow again.[6]
Identification
A tree in Prayagraj has been described as Akshayavata in the Prayag Mahatmya of the Matsya Purana.[7]
In The Encyclopaedia Asiatica (1976), Edward Balfour identifies a banyan tree mentioned in
Currently, a sacred fig tree located within the Patalpuri Temple at the
A tree at
According to Tibetan Buddhist tradition,
See also
- Ashvattha, mythological world tree
- Kalpavriksha, a mythological, wish-fulfilling divine tree
References
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- ^ Fanny Parks Parlby (1850). Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque: During Four-and-twenty Years in the East. Pelham Richardson. pp. 215–216.
- ^ The Sacred Complex in Hindu Gaya, Concept. Page 9.
- ^ a b "Akshaya Vata: The Eternal Banyan Tree". The Himalayan Institute. 1 December 2001. Archived from the original on 2 November 2005. Retrieved 15 March 2011.