Aswattha Asvattha Uswuttha : fig-tree which symbolises cosmic manifestation.
... 3) Rudra, whom we know as the slayer of evil, comes. The Rajarshi describes him as born of the tree that is in the waters. भेष is by philology identical with the Latin ficus or figtree, aswattha. The aswattha is the Yogic emblem of the manifested world, as in the Gita, the tree of the two birds in the Swetaswatara Upanishad, the single tree in the blue expanse of the Song of Liberation. The jala ...
... The Opening of the Inner Senses The Opening of the Inner Senses Symbols Letters on Yoga - III Chapter IX The Plant World Aswattha or Peepul Tree The aswattha usually symblises the cosmic manifestation. It [ the peepul tree ] is the symbol of the cosmic existence. Jungle The jungle must be some unregenerated part of the vital nature and ...
... Reality. It is sarvadhara, the container of all, the total or integral existence. It upholds the creation, it has entered into the creation and it has become the creation. It is the tree, the Aswattha tree as the Upanishad also describes, with its branches spreading out, i.e. all the multiple aspects of the creation. Even the gods, all of them, find shelter here in one form or other. All gods ...
... Gods Immortal grow afraid. For earth alarmed Shudders to bear the curse lest her young life Pale with eclipse and all-creating love Be to mere pain condemned. Divert the wrath Into thy boughs, Uswuttha—thou shalt be My throne—glorious, though in eternal pangs, Yet worth much pain to harbour divine fire." So ended the young pure destroyer's voice, And the dumb god consented silently. In the... paused, Lured for a moment by soft wandering gleams Into forgetfulness of grief; for thoughts Gentle and near-eyed whispering memories So sweetly came, his blind heart dreamed she lived. Slow the uswuttha-tree bent down its leaves, And smote his cheek, and touched his heavy hair. And Ruru turned illumined. For a moment, One blissful moment he had felt 'twas she. So had she often stolen up and touched ...
... among the flowing waters, Meru among the peaks of the world, Himalaya among the mountain-ranges, Ganges among the rivers, the divine thunderbolt among weapons. Among all plants and trees I am the Aswattha, among horses Indra's horse Uchchaihsravas, Airavata Page 363 among the elephants, among the birds Garuda, Vasuki the snake-god among the serpents, Kamadhuk the cow of plenty among cattle ...
... the other hand, there are some words one is loth to part with. I have myself been unable or unwilling to sacrifice such Indianisms as Rishi; Naga, for the snake-gods who inhabit the nether-world; Uswuttha, for the sacred fig-tree; chompuc (but this has been made familiar by Shelley's exquisite lyric); coil or Kokil, for the Indian cuckoo; and names like Dhurma (Law, Religion, Rule of Nature) and Critanta ...
... fuse these two sides of knowledge and spiritual experience into a single and perfect way to the supreme perfection. First there comes a description of cosmic existence in the Vedantic image of the aswattha tree. This tree of cosmic existence has no beginning and no end, nānto na cādiḥ , in space or in time; for it is eternal and imperishable, avyaya . The real form of it cannot be perceived ...
... wanders in the forests, recapitulating moments of his life with Priyumvada, "measuring vast pain in his immortal mind". His silent agony impresses and even frightens the gods, and Agni asks the uswuttha- tree (Aswatta) to divert Rum's wrathful anguish; but the tree's amateurish attempt only infuriates Ruru who promptly casts a curse on it. Moving on and on, Ruru recalls memories and experiences ...
... or standing in a field—a sense of luminosity.—(Satyayuga). 5) A finely formed leaf (crude) with a stalk. (Symbolic of the Earth that is preparing & of the physical universe as a leaf on the aswattha tree.) The organisation of antardrishta has therefore not suffered by the eclipse. It has now to be completed. Karma. Hymn. Commentary completed. Secret of Veda recommenced. 6 September ...
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