nya gro dha

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ཉ་གྲོ་དྷ
banyan or indian fig tree [SK literally means growing downwards" (fibres descend from itsh branches to the earth and there take root and form new stems [IW]

Vanyan or Indian fig tree [nyagrodha] [RY]

SA byang chub ljon shing, peepul or bodhi tree [JV]

banyan /indian fig tree, bodhi tree [IW]


(med) Banyan fig
Orthogr. var. : ni gro d.ha (Molvray 1988 Dh)
Sanskrit : nyagrodha (Dash 1989, Pandanus), vaṭa (Pandanus, Wojtilla 2002)
1. Ficus benghalensis L. (Moraceae) Banyan tree (Molvray 1988 Dh)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 09:19, 17 March 2024 (EDT)