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Ashoka Tree in Indian History-
As the name suggests Ashoka means without Shoka (Grief); yes it is believed to remove all the sorrows of life.Brahma said: “He, who eats eight buds of Asoka flowers on the eight day of the moon’s suffers no grief in life”. 1/n

In the Mahabharata for instance, Damyanti while looking for Nala goes into a forest of Asoka trees and asks the tree to relieve her from grief and tell her where her husband is in the forest. Asoka tree is sacred both to Hindus and Buddhists. 2/n

Hindus worship it on the 13th day of the month of Chaitra. The tree was blessed to be immortal by Siva because his consort Parvati had worshipped him with the flowers of this tree and therefore, the tree remains evergreen. 3/n

The tree is considered as a symbol of love and dedicated to Kamadeva. Kamadeva is worshipped with garlands of red Asoka flowers. One of the five arrows of Kamadeva is made of Asoka flowers. It is believed that tree blossoms only when vigorously kicked by a young virgin 4/n

It is said that the Kurbaka tree blossoms when a lovely woman clasps it; Lodhra tree blossoms when she looks at it; the Asokatree when it is touched by her foot; the mango when her hand touches it; the Kesava or the Bekula when sprinkled with intoxicants from her mouth. 5/n

Ashoka maintained the chastity and the youth ,beauty of Sita when she was kept in Ashok Vatika.The tree is sacred to Siva and is planted on the south-east corner of the house or the temple.
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