Flora / Plantstubschool: modern· Svoboda — Vāstu
Aśvattha (Ficus religiosa / peepal / pīpal / bodhi)
अश्वत्थaśvattha
flo-ashvatthaDefinition
The peepal / bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa), one of the four holy Ficus assigned to directions in Vāstu. Svoboda: good results in the WEST, inauspicious in the EAST. ⚑ CONCURS with BS 53.85 (rul-fig-trees-by-direction), where Ashvattha is beneficial-W / untoward-E — identical pairing; flagged. NOTE a terminological tangle: BS 53.85 (Bhat) renders the N-tree as 'Peepal (likely plakṣa)' while Svoboda fixes peepal/pīpal = Aśvattha = Ficus religiosa = W — a possible English-name clash worth Phase-2 Sanskrit collation (flagged as a question).
Traditional
Prāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Connections (2)
avoided-in · 1
- Aśvattha is inauspicious in the east. [TRADITIONAL — Svoboda]
placed-in · 1
- Aśvattha (Ficus religiosa, peepal/bodhi) gives good results in the west (and is inauspicious in the east). [TRADITIONAL — Svoboda]
Sources
- txt-svoboda-vastuch. 9 'Trees' footnote (PDF pp.241–242)Traditional✓ verifiedAśvattha (Ficus religiosa) good in the west, inauspicious in the east
Other attributes
- Flora Class
- tree
- Part Used
- whole
- See Also
- ["rul-fig-trees-by-direction","flo-plaksha"]
- Ecological Role
- sacred fig; the bodhi/peepal tree; milky-sap (holy exception); among the most venerated trees pan-India
- Cultivation
- assign to the west (good) — PDF pp.241–242 footnote