Aswattha

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 23 Jul 2011 08:27 and updated at 23 Jul 2011 08:27

VISHNU PURANA NOUN

vp.4.6 ere he had deposited the vessel; but it was gone. In its stead he saw a young Aswattha tree growing out of a sami plant, and he reasoned with himself, and said, "I left in this spot a vessel of fire, and now behold a young Aswattha tree growing out of a sami plant. Verily I will take these types of fire to my capital, and there, having engendered fire by their attrition, I will worship it." Having thus determined, he took the plants to his city, and prepared their wood for attrition, with pieces of as many inches long as there are syllables in the Gayatri: he recited that holy verse, and rubbed together sticks of as many inches as he recited syllables in the

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