• མ་ནྡ་ར་བ།
  • མན་དར།
  • མན་དཱ་ར་བ།
  • མན་དཱ་ར།
  • མནྡཱ་ར་བ།
  • མེ་ཏོག་མན་དཱ་ར་བ།
  • man dA ra ba
  • ma n+da ra ba
  • man dA ra
  • me tog man dA ra ba
  • man dar
  • man+dA ra ba
  • māndārava
  • mandārava
  • mandārapuṣpa
  • mandāra
  • Term
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One of the five trees of Indra’s paradise, its heavenly flowers often rain down in salutation of the buddhas and bodhisattvas and are said to be very bright and aromatic, gladdening the hearts of those who see them. In our world, it is a tree native to India, Erythrina indica or Erythrina variegata, commonly known as the Indian coral tree, mandarava tree, flame tree, and tiger’s claw. In the early spring, before its leaves grow, the tree is fully covered in large flowers, which are rich in nectar and attract many birds. Although the most widespread coral tree has red crimson flowers, the color of the blossoms is not usually mentioned in the sūtras themselves, and it may refer to some other kinds, like the rarer Erythrina indica alba, which boasts white flowers.

1 Related glossary entries:

མན་དཱ་ར་བ་ཆེན་པོ།

  • mahāmandārava
  • mahāmāndārava
  • great coral tree
  • mahāmandārava