| 单词 | banyan |
| 例句 | They went to the banyan tree and sat down, twenty paces apart. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He motions with his chin at Abuela and a policeman, who are talking near our banyan tree. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I saw a ghost moving near that banyan tree yesterday evening, when I was cycling by.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mile after mile of dusty road stretching out straight before us, lined here and there with cool shady banyans or tamarind trees. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z A small tin sign on a big banyan tree said For V.D. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the lift swooped them back down through the banyan branches to the courtyard, Somkit was quiet—a sure tip-off that something was wrong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Twinkling orbs of every size and color dangled from banyan trees in the courtyard. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The boys filed into a line of customers waiting for a lift that would take them up through the lit branches of a banyan tree to the main entrance at the top of the building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “But despite the super beds, I’ll climb that big banyan tree over there and sleep somewhere up in the branches.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The vines from the banyan tree hung over us like they were waiting to turn us into puppets. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The great drowned city of New Orleans didn’t come all at once, it came in portions: the sagging backs of shacks ripped open by banyan trees and cypress. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z At night, vodou ceremonies were held around the shady banyan tree that rose from the middle of an open hut. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Rani's tree is a huge, shaggy banyan tree with roots hanging down from its branches. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He stared out at a magnificent banyan tree along a route that Pérez’s driver took, and said softly, “I’ve worked for eighteen years in Haiti, and everything has gotten worse.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z We ate in silence, broken only by your labored breaths and the rainstorm lashing the banyan’s branches. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There was a park nearby that had giant banyan trees that you could lie under and curly grass that tickled your toes when you ran through it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z By the time Sefia returned with a bundle of clothing, the boy had curled up between the roots of a banyan tree to wait. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Muthu showed me a grave that was wider than the rest, beneath a banyan tree. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For the first half-hour or so we parked ourselves beside a few distinguished elders, who wore traditional black fez-style caps, sitting on a sky-blue bench that wrapped around the trunk of an enormous banyan tree. Next Stop: Indonesia’s Karimunjawa Is a Watery Wonderland 2012-05-25T19:27:33Z The thrill continued as we ziplined and abseiled down through a bamboo and banyan forest and waterfall chasms almost to the bottom of the valley. Laos town known for drunkenness and tourist deaths cleans up its act 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Before the heat of the day set in, dozens of people were already gathered under a large banyan tree at the twice-weekly turmeric market in Ataikula, Bangladesh. The vice of spice: confronting lead-tainted turmeric 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z There is also a resplendent garden that grows “in the air”—full of “palms, banyans, and coconut trees, as well as some other unusual plants.” The Mysterious Frontiers of Can Xue 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z On a trip to the outsourcing hub of Bangalore, I was urged to drive off the highway to see pelicans roosting in banyan trees. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z His Telugu-language verses brim with the sunny rural imagery of banyan trees, leaping bulls and green chili peppers. ‘Naatu Naatu’ From ‘RRR’ Is a Worldwide Hit, but It Draws on Very Local Traditions 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Similarly, the viewer feels grateful for the ambient presence of Florida, with its pretty breezes, banyan trees, bodies of water and the palpable air of ordinary subtropical life. In 'Bloodline,' dark business is afoot in the sunny Florida Keys 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z These godlings were associated with natural features of the landscape, such as pools and sacred springs and the roots of banyan trees, and were believed to have jurisdiction over their own areas. India: A Sacred Geography by Diana L Eck – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z As I rounded a bend in the path, I saw little girl wearing bright orange and yellow, daydreaming in a banyan tree. In India, a Dance Haven Shuts Out the World 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z About all that remains the same is the giant banyan tree at the market’s center, and the name. Wonderful Waikiki: 5 ideas for millennials and 5 ideas for boomers 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Wandering down what is actually a series of caves is relaxing enough although, rather than karate, the guided tour emphasises archaeological finds and natural history, notably stalactites, stalagmites, and an enormous banyan tree. Get a kick out of karate at Okinawa’s new fight club 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z My favorite part of El Embajador was its restful outdoor garden, a groomed lawn centering on a beautiful century-old banyan tree. Hotel Review: Occidental El Embajador in the Dominican Republic 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z I was fighting a cold and weary of travel as we hurtled past lush banyan trees and jutting karst formations. Modern Love: Modern Love ? The Trophy Wife 2011-09-01T21:58:18Z Chris and I spent hours clambering through the fort, which was thickly covered in underbrush, banyan trees and guarded by suspicious goats. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z If you’re willing to travel some miles off the beaten path, Matheson Hammock Park in Coral Gables offers lush greenery, the shade of many banyan trees and a coral rock picnic pavilion. Read Your Way Through Miami 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z We climbed through the roots of banyan trees. 'My romantic holiday’: the good, the bad and the calamitous 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z “We had a lot of elephants, lotus flowers and banyan trees,” Mr. Jones said. How to Design an Indian Classic 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z And a sergeant in the Vietnam War barely escapes death when a 300-year-old banyan catches his body falling from a cargo plane. Review | The most exciting novel about trees you’ll ever read 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The roots of bungee, as every booking agent will tell you, are in Vanuatu, where, legend holds, a woman fleeing her abusive husband tied vines around her feet as she leapt from a banyan tree. Extreme New Zealand, a Thrill-Seeker?s Playground 2011-01-28T19:55:00Z Sewell had grown up partly in tropical climates; she drew a “lush, highly stylized version of nature,” as the Wallaces put it, more suggestive of banyan trees than of the flora of the American Midwest. Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Their scale is imposing; they evoke twin baby cyclones or, less violent, the bifurcated trunk of an ancient banyan tree, but their open-weave, light-colored Tiger bamboo is semitransparent and sort of weightless. Bamboo Japanese-Style, From Dynastic Masters of the Art 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The charm of Honolua starts well before you reach the beach, with a walk through an open forest of moss-draped banyan trees, coconut palms and other tropical plants. On Maui, seeking out the hidden wows of wild Hawaii 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z While clawing through the fort’s underbrush, I suddenly came upon a thick drapery of banyan roots covering the entrance to an intact room. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z We hiked into the mountains and were quickly engulfed in a riot of twisting vines, studded palm leaves and massive banyan trees. Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining to lodgings in Laos 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Six years after we met, Theo and I married under a banyan tree on Key West. Modern Love: On the Precipice, Wings Spread 2010-08-27T16:59:00Z Children scrambled around the base of a banyan tree and bounced on the wire suspension bridge in the garden’s rainforest section, and no one shushed them. A Florida Garden Brings Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Work to Life, in Bloom 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Efforts to revive the banyan and other important surviving trees have included trucking in water, applying compost extract and testing soil. The trees arrived with Polynesian voyagers. After Maui wildfire, there’s a chance to restore them 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The fire also decimated historic Front Street — home to restaurants, bars and tourist shops — and heavily damaged what is believed to be the United States’ largest banyan tree. Cleanup from Maui fires complicated by island’s logistical challenges, cultural significance 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z The fire also decimated historic Front Street - home to restaurants, bars and tourist shops - and heavily damaged what is believed to be the United States’ largest banyan tree. Cleanup from Maui fires complicated by island’s logistical challenges, cultural significance 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z A huge banyan tree in the centre of the village stands as a witness to the assault. Vachathi: India court upholds convictions in 30-year-old rapes 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Three small banyan trees — one planted for each of her three children — also appeared to have survived and even showed signs of new growth. Lahaina family finds cherished heirlooms and devastation in first home visit after deadly wildfire 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Many were recruited athletes, clad in T-shirts branded with the school’s new mascot, a muscled, flexing banyan tree. Changes Bring Friction, and Lawsuits, to Florida College Targeted by DeSantis 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Over the decades, residents have gathered, feasted and proposed marriage beneath the 150-year-old banyan tree in the downtown area of Lahaina, Hawaii. Historic Banyan Tree That Burned in Lahaina Fires Shows Signs of Recovery 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z In his remarks in Lahaina, Biden made reference to the burned but surviving banyan tree considered beloved and sacred by many in the island community. From Europe to Canada to Hawaii, photos capture destructive power of wildfires 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z His father said his son was born from a spirit that emerged from a banyan tree in a flash of light. Explainer: Cambodia's new leader Hun Manet, strongman or reformer? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z "It’s going to be a long road," he said, noting the symbolism of an historic banyan tree where he spoke earlier that was damaged but survived the fires. In Maui, Biden sees 'long road' ahead in recovering from deadly wildfires 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Biden spoke near a historic banyan tree, which was damaged but survived the fires. Biden heading to Maui to meet with wildfire survivors 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Spanning nearly two acres and multiple centuries, the banyan tree in the heart of Hawaii’s wildfire-ravaged town of Lahaina literally and figuratively looms large. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Like the banyan in Hawaii, it was a source of beauty despite what had been lost. From Europe to Canada to Hawaii, photos capture destructive power of wildfires 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Locals and tourists alike are praying for the iconic banyan tree, which formed its own little jungle canopy with multiple trunks — a quarter mile in circumference. Mourning the catastrophic loss of Hawaiian culture and history in Lahaina 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z It is listed as the country’s largest banyan tree, preserved and cared for by the historic town on Maui, where its become a landmark and a community gathering space. A historic banyan tree burned in Maui's wildfires still stands, but can it survive? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z How many people have kissed their beloved, embraced far-flung relatives or held squirming kids still for a picture beneath that 150-year-old banyan tree now turned to ash? Column: If the Maui fires don't wake up Americans to the climate emergency, nothing will 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Along with the immeasurable loss of human lives, legacies and dreams, Lahaina has also suffered damage to one of its most beloved symbols in the scorched and blackened banyan tree—whose survival remains uncertain. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z One set of before-and-after images shows the lush area home to a huge banyan tree at the heart of the oceanside community reduced to a landscape of gray and black, the tree’s limbs scorched. Before-and-after satellite images show Maui devastation in stark contrast 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Her friend’s jewelry store, across from the banyan tree. WA emergency team deployed to aid Maui fires search and rescue 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z “The sugar mill is still in place. The lighthouse is still in place. The banyan tree looks to be still standing, but very little else.” A historic banyan tree burned in Maui's wildfires still stands, but can it survive? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The banyan tree - which sits in a park taken care of by the Lahaina Restoration Foundation - celebrated its 150th birthday in April this year. Lahaina: Famous banyan tree and centuries-old church hit by fires 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The blaze utterly destroyed many of these cultural landmarks, but the iconic banyan tree still stands. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The fires have also destroyed many natural features on the island - there are fears for Lahaina's banyan tree, the oldest in Hawaii, and one of the oldest in the US. Hawaii wildfires: Maps and images reveal devastation 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z She pointed to the historic banyan tree, which was damaged but remains standing. WA emergency team deployed to aid Maui fires search and rescue 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The banyan tree is not native to Hawaii, hailing from the Indian subcontinent. A historic banyan tree burned in Maui's wildfires still stands, but can it survive? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z "I tend to believe it'll be fine. It's really very hard to kill a banyan tree," Ms Morrison said. Lahaina: Famous banyan tree and centuries-old church hit by fires 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Today, by some accounts, this banyan is the largest of its kind in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z He recalled walking down Front Street among the tourists as they shopped or ate, looking at the banyan tree, and enjoying the beautiful ocean views from the harbor. Wildfire devastates Hawaii’s historic Lahaina Town, a former capital of the kingdom 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z “It could possibly survive and sprout up from the roots again,” Friday said of the banyan tree, but that process would take decades to grow into a sizable tree. A historic banyan tree burned in Maui's wildfires still stands, but can it survive? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z New College is adorned with banyan trees big enough for a person to climb inside on its bayside campus. Conservative trustees choose ‘Mighty Banyans’ for Florida college mascot 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z While banyans have grown across the Hawaiian Islands, their spread has been limited. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The concept was inspired by the banyan trees that guard the entrance to many villages in Guangdong, where many early Chinese immigrants to Los Angeles were from. Design team chosen for memorial to victims of L.A.'s Chinese Massacre of 1871 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z "You may give me a chance as your father, but I will not spare you," he tells his son, Nyi Nyi, as he sits under a banyan tree in the forest. Myanmar: 'If I get the first shot, I will kill you son’ 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z On the small ground, under a giant banyan tree, the aspirants exercise and work out as part of their training. Where Indian army job dreams are made and broken 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z This new mascot features a brown, fierce-looking banyan tree with “arm” branches raised in a muscular flex pose. Conservative trustees choose ‘Mighty Banyans’ for Florida college mascot 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z According to local reports, when Lahaina’s banyan tree was first planted, residents would hang jars of water on its aerial roots to encourage growth. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Growing up in Auroville, Ms. Park picked lemons and swung on the limbs of banyan trees. Build a New City or New Humans? A Utopia in India Fights Over Future. 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z It is almost impossible to uproot and overturn a giant banyan tree. Opinion | The Chinese Communist Party Is 100. It’s Not Going Anywhere. 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z “People ridiculed me for bringing banyan tree seeds to the village, because they felt uneasy as they believed there are spirits in these trees,” Sadiman added. Once called crazy, Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Aside from a banyan tree that fell on a home and injured people inside, Key Largo was largely unscathed, Fire Chief Don Bock said. Tropical Storm Eta deluges South Florida with rain 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Such roots dangle from a banyan’s long, massive limbs, eventually entering the ground to form a pillarlike new trunk that helps support those limbs. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z A banyan tree fell on a house in Key Largo, causing minor injuries, said Fire Chief Don Bock. Florida cities mop up after deluge from Tropical Storm Eta 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z From the paintings, I’d assumed that the artist was someone embedded in St. Petersburg, rooted like a banyan tree. Artist painted 102 scenes of ‘vanishing’ Tampa Bay 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z “In my experience, banyan trees and ficus trees can store a lot of water.” Once called crazy, Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z I remember: a courtyard in Lahore under a majestic banyan tree, shading lawyers in black suits and ties who were preparing to march for the reinstatement of fired judges. Perspective | On American streets, echoes of long-ago protests on foreign soil 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z A 250-year-old banyan tree near Kolkata, India, measures an even larger 3.5 acres and has weathered two different cyclones and the loss of its main trunk. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z It explained why I wasn’t seeing anyone in my neighborhood venturing into the parks or strolling under the banyan trees. In a City Frozen in Fear, Time Freezes, Too 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The banyan, Butchart says, was inspired by the opulent leisurewear found in Asia, including Japan, China and India, and adopted by the English as the ultimate status symbol. Working from home now? It’s time to seriously define your home uniform 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “I thought to myself, if I don’t plant banyan trees, this area would become dry,” said Sadiman, wearing his trademark ranger hat and safari shirt, who goes by one name, like many Indonesians. Once called crazy, Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z There might have been 50 tents when Hill and Irwin pitched theirs under a shady banyan tree on Dec. 20, just in time for Christmas. Tent City for the homeless rises in John Prince Park 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Scientists are not sure how resilient banyan trees are to fire. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z MEERUT, India — Under the shade of a banyan tree, a group of worshippers recite Sanskrit mantras. Gandhi’s killer evokes admiration as never before 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z We crouched down through a dark opening, followed a short slope and emerged into a large, well-lit chamber; a single banyan had snaked its way up and through a skylight opening high above. Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z But it’s useless to expect writers to be pine trees, lined up neatly in a forest, when many are more like banyans, whose dangling aerial roots can make them into a forest of one. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and the Art of Ambivalence 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z It includes features of a cargo ship and an undulating roof inspired by banyan trees. New Taiwan performing arts center billed as largest in world 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Eckert says the lack of readily flammable material surrounding Lahaina’s banyan makes it less likely that fire scorched the tree for a prolonged amount of time. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Indian banyan trees are known for their sprawling growth and strong roots. 'Drip' to save 700-year-old India tree 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Some parts of it are beautiful, with dripping banyan trees, brightly painted houses and new shops. The Night the Oxygen Ran Out in an Indian Hospital 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Shah Mal and 26 leaders who were hanged on a banyan tree close to the village will be remembered. Indian mutiny: Remembering farmers who fought British rule - BBC News 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z As a native of mainland China, she found it exotic to hang out with Taiwanese students, sitting under a thicket of banyan trees and listening to local bands. Student exchange flap tests Taiwan’s resistance to Chinese economic pressure 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z A scorched yet still living banyan would give residents something to rally around. Why a Banyan Tree Damaged in the Maui Wildfire Was So Beloved 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z In an oval garden between College Hall and the chapel, there is a banyan tree that Malcolm Kerr climbed as a boy and carved with his initials, now high out of sight. Tragedy Made Steve Kerr See the World Beyond the Court 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z A woman in a remote village in southern Indian suffered social stigma due to infertility so she decided to plant banyan trees to help her cope with her loss. 100 Women 2016: How trees helped an infertile woman heal - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The offended Victorian, a British army officer named James Squid, was in a drunken stupor and believed the multi-limbed banyan tree was somehow lurching toward him. This chained, century-old tree in Pakistan is a perfect metaphor for colonialism 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z In fact, I slept so soundly that first morning, that I nearly missed the 7:30 a.m. yoga class, held on a terrace overlooking massive banyan trees. The Secret to Scoring Luxury for Less on Bali 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The Bodhi tree, which Buddha sat under for seven days to attain enlightenment, was also a type of banyan. Exclusive Photos: Ten Remarkable Trees Perhaps the most difficult challenge is changing people’s attitudes and behavior about an ever-present pest that is as much a part of life here as steamy weather and graceful old banyan trees. Zika is expected to infect 1 in 5 Puerto Ricans, raising threat to rest of U.S. 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z They found a new place to live, a quiet house, shaded by a banyan tree, but some friends still worry about being associated with her. The Imam’s Curse 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z It shows a banyan tree in the country's Khyber agency, a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan. This chained, century-old tree in Pakistan is a perfect metaphor for colonialism 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Thomas Edison, a friend to Burgess, was known to visit the island and planted banyan trees on the property which still survive. A Private Island In Paradise For A High School Teacher Turned Millionaire 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The banyan tree is one of the most venerated trees in Asia. Exclusive Photos: Ten Remarkable Trees He was relieved to see the 350-year-old banyan tree and the worn granite Ganesh still tucked in its massive roots. Can reconciliation heal Sri Lankan war wounds? 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Afterwards, we go to the home she shares with Cooper, an extraordinary 1950s build with a magical garden of banyan trees and orchids that seem to grow both in and out of the house. ‘It’s hard for me to self-analyse… I prefer to think “Oh, aren’t I lucky”’ 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Amid giant gray banyan trees and roofless old Art Deco homes, long ago abandoned and now looking like Roman ruins, some older men played paddle ball and handball. In Cuba, Baseball Remains a Grand Preoccupation 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z The mansion had been left to the care of an estate, and when the previous owner purchased it was overrun with the roots and vines from the property’s many banyan trees. Miami's New Most Expensive Listing: $65 Million 'La Brisa' On Biscayne Bay 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z On one islet are the ghostly remains of a Victorian-era British settlement, its barracks, ballroom and Presbyterian church strangled by monstrous banyan trees. From outpost to springboard 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “But I’m not afraid,” he says, getting nods of support from a group of hard-bitten men seated with him under the shade of a banyan tree, waiting. These Aren't Refugee Camps, They're Concentration Camps, And People Are Dying in Them 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Dzung, a veteran street barber in Hanoi, Vietnam, offers haircuts under the shelter of a giant banyan tree. The wisdom of barbers 2014-05-11T23:30:28Z The priest there showed us that Kali was not just the multihanded, bare-breasted, red-tongued ferocious goddess, but also a face painted on the ancient root of a banyan tree that still sprouted leaves. India Ink: In Kolkata, Reminders of Why We Help the ‘Last Girl’ 2014-03-07T12:26:19Z Today the nearly 7-acre grounds of the property include a variety of trees: royal and Canary date palms, royal poincianas, mahogany, oak, and gumbo limbo, as well as one large banyan tree. Miami's New Most Expensive Listing: $65 Million 'La Brisa' On Biscayne Bay 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z After today, I will say this is a banyan tree whose branches dip down in dry weather, take root, grow up again and create a forest from one trunk. India Ink: Notes on a Tour of the Indian Women’s Movement 2014-01-30T11:45:19Z A chai stall set up under a banyan tree across the street from the gate is doing brisk business as local news reporters gather around, chatting and waiting for news. India Ink: As Divers Find Sixth Body, Mumbai Firefighters Recall a Burning Waterfront 2013-08-19T09:43:16Z A grieving father, Satinder Ram, sits exhausted under a banyan tree. In India's Bihar State, a Village Struggles to Come to Terms With School Deaths 2013-07-23T05:35:28Z So when news spread that Spec’s Records and Tapes would close this month after 65 years, a collective sense of melancholy settled over this city of graceful banyan trees and Mediterranean-style homes in Miami-Dade County. After 65 Years, Spec’s Records of Florida Is Closing 2013-01-12T02:09:54Z At Kalawati Saran Hospital, a pediatric facility, a large crowd of relatives lay on mats and blankets under the shade of a huge banyan tree outside the hospital entrance recently. Alarm Over India’s Dengue Fever Epidemic 2012-11-07T02:50:50Z Globally, we have to become a banyan tree. India Ink: Notes on a Tour of the Indian Women’s Movement 2014-01-30T11:45:19Z Sprays of vegetation began to leap from the boles of the mossy banyans lining the tracks. The Odd Couple: Singapore and Malaysia Team Up on Development Zone 2012-07-09T06:05:29Z The trees keep their foliage, and here and there is a broad-spreading banyan, or a mango grove, with its deep shade. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z How she sways from side to side like the flowering branch of a banyan tree! The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Like the Indian banyan its proportions darken the sky. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The intermediate tract is a region of rich cultivation, dotted with great banyan trees, thickets of bamboos, exquisite palm foliage and mango groves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The virtuous man is like the banyan tree, which shelters and protects all around it. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Hindooism has a thousand shapes, spreading out its arms like a mighty banyan tree, but its root is one—Pantheism. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Adyar is a pretty place, and there are nice shady drives near it with banyan, tamarind, and other trees. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Its ramifications were stupendous; it was more like a banyan than a British oak. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Not only are Tagore's lines not great but some of his lines are foolish: Under the banyan tree you were milking the cow with your hands, tender and fresh as butter. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The edifice, of which I caught a distant glimpse, was half concealed beneath the heavy, luxuriant foliage of cocoa-nut topes, arekas, plantains, and banyan trees. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Except an occasional broad-spreading banyan, I have seen nothing which, standing alone, equals in its solitary majesty the English oak or the American elm. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Near a banyan tree in front of a multiplex theater. More tiny coqui frogs showing up in Hawaii, creating menace as population explodes 2011-12-24T17:04:06Z The Indian banyan and bamboo, the mimosa, the aloe, and the prickly pear of Southern Africa, were to be found side by side with Australian gum trees, and the mulberries of Southern Europe. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z It was because Mohammed practised what he preached, that the small seed of his original idea blossomed at last into the mighty “Igdrasil” of the East—the great banyan tree of existence. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Under the shade of a banyan tree, a grave-looking Moorman was amusing a crowd of boys and women with the recital of some wonderful or silly legend. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The name is derived from Siddha-vatam or the hermit's banyan tree. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z The banyan tree of India is famous, striking its aërial rootlets downward until they reach the ground and take root, and thus help support the giant, horizontal limbs. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Grant, oh grant me thy hidden fire, Thou banyan tree! Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z Approaching the end of the first long row of the mud buildings of the Native Infantry Lines, Bertram beheld a sentry standing outside his sentry-box, in the shade of a great banyan tree. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Rosy pictures of a rose garden in California were painted, and delightful dreams of sitting under a banyan tree at Mrs. Besant's feet took shape from the smoke of his cigarettes. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z The pipal tree is preferable for avenues to the banyan. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z One far-famed specimen has grown and spread like a banyan tree, its trunk and head supported by secondary stems that have struck downward from the branches. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Kindle a fire for Manike Of the dust of the banyan tree.” Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z They basked not, they, in balmy tropic shade, 'Neath orange tree and banyan; But braved the bush, the torrent and the steep, By gorge and gulch and canyon. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z Only a young and pretty woman could presume to wear a flowered silk banyan at her toilet; but it mightily became Polly Johnson. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The hollow eyes of the skeleton among the banyan roots were focused upon the centre of the clearing. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z It searched the banyan grove, but found nothing. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z At length he took compassion on the inhabitants of the world, and told them the wonderful secret—that fire lies hidden in the hibiscus, the urtica argenta, the ‘tauinu’ and the banyan. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z And, like a tropical banyan tree, that attitude has been laying down roots elsewhere in Miami-Dade County. Just When You Thought Miami Was Getting Better... 2011-08-17T21:05:00Z Then, smiling, I made her a compliment on her hair, which her Irish maid was dressing very prettily, and laughed at her man's banyan which she so saucily wore in place of a levete. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z I was not ugly, then, se�or; ah, no, I was not ugly; age and sorrow had not yet knotted me like the roots of the banyan. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z She stood on the threshold, one hesitating foot on the jungle path that led to the grove of big banyans. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z “There’s another oak—no, it’s a banyan up farther; behind you.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z “I like the tree,” said Meyer, indicating a banyan up against the building. A Movable Feast: Danny Meyer on a Roll 2011-08-07T04:00:43Z The result was everlasting trouble with the waggon-boys and a chronic state of war between them and the natives and the banyans or Arab traders of the place. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z It was tied upright to the banyan roots by an iron chain, corroded with rust. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z The Dyaks, scurrying through the banyan groves and bamboo thickets, enclosed it on the rear and landward sides. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z “There are blue gum trees, and palms, and banyans.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Every day the parrots flew away to get food, and every night they returned to roost in the great banyan tree. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Then up ahead, I saw a large banyan tree - its aerial roots hopelessly tangled as they reached for the ground. Avian capital 2011-07-02T11:11:03Z In the centre of the clearing was the skull of the horrible grin, and its staring orbits were turned upon the roots of the banyan tree. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z You are strong as a buffalo, bold as a tiger, vigorous as a banyan tree. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z About three hundred yards away the trail ran in among shade oaks, cedars, and great spreading banyans, that were strewn in clumps all over the pastures. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z "His heart was a banyan tree, its limbs were perpetually bending down and taking root, till it made shade for the poor of the city." The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z The following Sunday before dawn, I found myself in search of the elusive banyan tree bund - or raised embankment - and Delhi's secret bird life. Avian capital 2011-07-02T11:11:03Z I did not want to see any more; but as I turned away a whiteness among the octopus-like tentacles of the banyan compelled me. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Flora, beauty and variety of the, 10; in the forests, 105; some strange flowers, 128; the banyan tree, etc., Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z A small adobe, washed with gold with pale-violet borders, it stood under a great banyan tree within the embrace of a grove of tall palms. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z They show tigers lounging at the gate of the fort, standing on the parapet of a crumbling mosque and striding among the roots of a giant banyan tree. Fateh Singh Rathore, 73, Dies; Fought for Tigers 2011-03-09T03:44:10Z As we neared the Yamuna river, we slowed down, looking for signs of a banyan tree or an embankment. Avian capital 2011-07-02T11:11:03Z A fine avenue of banyan trees led up to the house, and around it were tall evergreens and laces, pomegranates and myrtles, and other tropical trees. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z A flood of moonshine poured into the garden, making the flower-pots gleam brightly and shimmering in the pond; and the banyans were like soft velvet against the luminous sky. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z While Francesca was still under the banyan she had heard the roaring diapason of the flood. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Ms. Unkelbach sits under a banyan tree reading a novel titled “Run for Your Life,” while Willie Bennett is enjoying his last night of cards. In Florida, a Lifeline to Patients With TB 2010-06-12T20:46:00Z Lalu Prasad, a wily populist politician whose party peddles a message of lower caste empowerment, ran the state for 15 years from beneath a banyan tree. Turnaround of India State Could Serve as a Model 2010-04-10T20:09:00Z At the CR2 multiplex in the Nariman Point area, more than 50 police officers were posted outside, many holding nightsticks as they milled about beneath the shade of a massive banyan tree. 2010-02-12T18:49:00Z When the resident approached the entrance to the residency, he saw before him, standing by the other gate, two white figures, a man and a girl, who vanished into the darkness under the banyans. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z A celebrated banyan tree has been known to shelter 7000 men beneath its shade. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis “They feed on the banyan figs, you know.” Into the Primitive International Market Place—A complex of open air shops and restaurants overseen by huge banyan trees. Oahu Traveler's guide The local opinion is that the word refers to a banyan or fig tree which is common there, and which sends down from its branches long hairs or fibres supposed to resemble beards. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses They all squatted in waiting under a banyan tree, at a short distance from the steps of the office. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z The banyan tree is described by Southey in his poem The Curse of Kehama. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Flints were known in Europe and Asia and America, but the Polynesian looked to the banyan and kindred trees for the hidden sparks of fire. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina This place, which is one of the summer residences of the viceroy, has a very beautiful park, where there are several samples of the remarkable banyan or sacred fig-tree. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant There were village greens with great silk-cotton trees, banyans and acacias, mangoes and oranges, and shaddocks with their large fruit glowing among the leaves like great golden melons. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses But the natives saw nothing save the empty market-place looming beyond the shadow of the banyans, with the rows of chairs in readiness. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z The king fell from his horse almost dead with fatigue, and managed to crawl under a wide-spreading banyan tree that grew near. Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country After a time he found the god of fire living in a bunch of banyan sticks. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina Here, too, the civil officers of the district hold their courts, and I was encamped under a spacious banyan. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches In one spot a famous old banyan tree has thrown out its limbs, thrusting them deep into the soil till they have sprouted and spread over a five-acre field. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The great residency stood still as death amid the darkness of its giant banyans. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Huge trees, whose wide-spreading branches were supported by scores of accessory trunks, so that each tree formed a grove of its own, we recognized as banyan trees. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise He found the god of fire, Mau-ika, living in a house built from a banyan tree. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina No tree except the sacred banyan was suffered to encroach upon its grades, no dead leaf to 93 rot upon the pavement. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) After I had got about fifty yards away it turned back and retreated into the hut-like structure in the banyan tree. Where the World is Quiet Warm winds from palm-hung pleasances Came through the lattice bars With scents and murmurous harmonies; Like splintered scimitars The moonbeams through the banyan trees Gleamed under Indian stars. Ioläus The man that was a ghost There is, however, in these West Indian isles, the black mangrove, with very similar habit to the banyan. Due South or Cuba Past and Present But Maui was viciously mischievous and set the banyan house on fire, then mounted his pigeon and fled toward the upper-world. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina This is one of the many species of ficus, of which its equally strange cousin, the many-trunked banyan, is another common feature of a Burmese forest. Burma Peeps at Many Lands They were like banyans, having dozens of trunks narrow as bamboo. Where the World is Quiet The ash Ygdrasyl of the Edda, the oak of Dordona and of the Druid, the modern Christmas tree, the sacred banyan, the holy groves, illustrate but faintly the prevalence of tree worship. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion My father was very hungry so he sat down under a baby banyan tree on the side of the trail and ate four tangerines. My Father's Dragon Every hanging rootlet of the great banyan tree is hung with horrors—all dead, most mercifully, but horrible still. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India The banyan tree grows here luxuriantly and is a great curiosity. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China She was outside of the banyan now, the sphere gliding after her. Where the World is Quiet It is nearly allied to the banyan species, and its record has been carefully kept since three hundred years previous to the Christian era. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months When Sakya Muni came upon the scene, he saw the terribly divisive system sending down its root like the banyan tree on all sides and absorbing the life and thought of the people. India, Its Life and Thought We walked along the road bordered with beautiful banyan trees. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India We tried also to get them to come to our Church under the shade of the banyan tree. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals Naturally one would suppose that a seed of the palm had been deposited on the top of the banyan, and had there germinated and thrown out its fronds. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains A girl sat against one of the stems of a banyan, and a Tommy lay on his back with his head in her lap. It, and Other Stories Slowly finer points appeared, the ridge of mountains showed details and we could recognize the tops of the giant banyan trees, towering above the forest as a cathedral does over the houses of a city. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific This Caste, then, these holding laws, which most would rather die than break, are like the branch roots of the banyan tree with their infinite strength of grip. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India On fair days we assembled under the banyan tree, on rainy days in a Native hut partly built for the purpose. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals In a few seconds the shikarree had reached the top of the banyan; and clutching the great leaf-stalks of the palm, he climbed up among its huge fronds. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains These were called banyan days, in allusion to the vegetarian diet of the Hindu merchants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" As a whole, the arable tract is a treeless region, except around the villages, which are encircled by fine mango, pipal, banyan and tamarind trees, and intersected with green shady lanes of bamboo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The banyan tree drops roots from its boughs. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India On the afternoon of that Communion Day an open-air Prayer Meeting was held under the shade of the great banyan tree in front of our Church. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals I need not, therefore, describe the banyan very particularly. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains It is a savage tangle of bamboos, palms, banyans, mangroves, and countless varieties of shrubs and giant ferns, the whole laced together by trailers and creepers. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China They accompanied us through a tangle of palms, bananas, mangoes, canes, past bamboo huts raised on platforms of hard, dry mud, to the central place where a great banyan stood in front of the temple. Appearances Being Notes of Travel But we look up from the banyan tree. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Towards sundown the Tavaka sounds again, and the day closes amid the echoes of village prayers from under their several banyan trees. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals They had encamped under a canopy of thick foliage, the foliage of the banyan tree. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Here is the great banyan tree which covers one thousand square feet and is one hundred and forty-two years old. The Critic in the Orient Palm trees, banyan trees, houses, walled gardens, everywhere restrict it. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty The bandy-man is directed to work his way up to a big banyan tree near the temple. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Unlike Æneas, we passed forward without any floral spoils—for, indeed, we had no such awkward personage as Charon to reckon with—among dark, cool, tree-arched avenues of figs and banyans to the northern limit. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore The leaves of the banyan being ovate, and somewhat cordate or heart-shaped, of course presented quite a contrast to the large stiff fronds of the palmyra. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The banyan tree of the East affords us an apt illustration in this connexion. Standards of Life and Service Every now and then they passed on the roadside a noble tree, with wide-spread, drooping branches, a species of banyan tree, under which was often seen a bullock-waggon with its team. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Before Blessing entered the village she knelt down under a banyan tree, and, remembering Abraham's servant, prayed for a sign to strengthen her faith that God would work in the place. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India She ran past the banyan trees without giving them a thought and began to break the flowers from the rose-tree. Tales of Folk and Fairies This the smallest birds may easily do, since the fruit of the banyan is not larger than a diminutive cherry. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Buddha would not enter the city of his countrymen but preached in a banyan grove without the walls. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. At last we tired of this, and, lighting our pipes, sat down to smoke under a great banyan, whose branches reached far out over the white beaches. Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 On entering the enclosure which surrounds the hotel, a large banyan tree was the central object directly in front of the hotel proper, situated nearly in the centre of a square. Travels in the Far East “May your honour never know a banyan day,” replied the sailor; “and a sickly season for you, into the bargain.” Japhet in Search of a Father Almost the first thing done by Ossaroo after he had got relieved of his baggage was to climb the banyan. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Realizing the danger we were in, I went up a very heavy banyan tree out of Kari's reach and lay among the leaves. Kari the Elephant It is a plant of rapid growth, and from the larger branches roots descend to the earth as in the case of the banyan tree. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture When He spread the wide shade of the banyan, He made a tent for the blacks. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Its far-spreading and umbrageous boughs drooping back to the ground and there taking root—as the Indian banyan of which it is the New World representative—enclosed a large space underneath. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The reason why Ossaroo was so ready in tapping this particular tree, was because the banyan which enveloped its trunk offered him an excellent means of getting at it. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The banyan trees and giant palms reached up to the high ceiling, and the luxuriant foliage and brilliant blossoms made northern plants seem dwarfed beside them. Marjorie's Busy Days It is a glade of circular shape, with a colossal tree standing in its centre,—a live-oak with trunk full forty feet in girth, and branches spreading like a banyan. The Death Shot A Story Retold Max, yesterday, finished his miniature ship, and exhorted me to “wind up” our history forthwith, with a Homeric description of the great battle at the islet, and our heroic defence of the banyan tree. The Island Home And with this desponding reflection, he moves off from the scaffold; and, making his way among the mausoleums, once more approaches the spot where the South American banyan casts its sombre shadow over them. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Others, like the banyan, are among the largest trees of the forest. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Her idiosyncrasy had been so nursed and strengthened by the two great influences, time and solitude, it spread like the banyan tree, making a dark pavilion, where legions of weird spirits gathered and revelled. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Breakfast was on the table when they landed, but it was the banyan meal of humble men, whose nets were never filled with aught but the scaly products of the sea. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The water was shallow at this point, and Max wading over to the little island, presently called upon us to follow him if we wished to behold “a veritable banyan tree.” The Island Home Under the name of banyan they became very fashionable, and men had their portraits painted in them, for instance the portrait of Nicholas Boylston, now in Harvard Memorial Hall. Home Life in Colonial Days It was true the tiger could easily scale the banyan if the notion occurred to him; but, unless they made some noise to attract his attention, he would not be likely to discover their whereabouts. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains When solitude thus reigned over the water, my whole attention would be drawn to the shadows12 under the banyan tree. My Reminiscences I will hang your cradle on the banyan tree, and its rope to the pīpal tree; I will rock my darling gently so that the rope shall never break. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II I would fight, myself, if I had my bow and arrows, but they took them away from me: can’t we hide ourselves in the banyan tree?—they never will think of looking for us there?” The Island Home At first he walked in the shade of many-stemmed banyans and feathery-topped palms, while the leaves of tall and graceful ferns brushed his cheeks, and numerous luxuriant flowering plants perfumed the air. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Ossaroo communicated this information in an ominous whisper, at the same instant crouching forward towards the main trunk of the banyan, and beckoning to the others to follow him. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Alas! that banyan tree is no more, nor the piece of water which served to mirror the majestic forest-lord! My Reminiscences Now, while we were gazing around us in silent admiration, Jack uttered an exclamation of surprise, and pointing to an object a little to one side of us, said: “That’s a banyan tree.” The Coral Island In the mean time I went to a slop-shop by the dockyard wall, and provided myself with a common sailor’s toggery, of the real cut, with a banyan covered hat, and all complete. Percival Keene Some hundred people almost black, and destitute of clothing, were assembled under the boughs and among the stems of a huge banyan tree, which formed, as Nowell remarked, a sort of natural temple. My First Voyage to Southern Seas The bark of the banyan was then cut, and the canes inserted in such a manner that the white milky sap ran into them. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Many of those who used to bathe there have also followed into oblivion the shade of the banyan tree. My Reminiscences The scenery was magnificent, while everywhere the country was covered with beautiful trees, among them the pandanus palm, the tree-fern, the banyan, the bread-fruit tree, wild nutmeg, and superb bamboos. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler No banyan days with us, now, in the navy,” was the answer. The Ferryman of Brill and other stories I accordingly followed him, when, taking up his gourd of water, he led me to a small hut in front of a large and aged pippul-tree, a species of banyan or Indian fig. My First Voyage to Southern Seas These leaves were also taken from the banyan figs, and for this purpose they had selected those that grew on the youngest trees and shoots. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The banyan often measures thirty feet in girth; the one selected by Captain Redwood was probably not less than twenty-five feet. The Castaways Another method is to fetch a skull from a graveyard and go to a banyan tree at midnight. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The banyans here are called wild fig-trees, which they really are, wherever they grow. A Jolly Fellowship There are certain government officials and some foreign merchants, Germans, banyan traders, Arabs, and others; and all the rest of the inhabitants are negroes and slaves, or, as the Portuguese call them, Gentiles. My First Voyage to Southern Seas They did not look for the tiger to return before sunset, and they had resolved to pass the night among the branches of the banyan in order to be out of the way of danger. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Soon after the intended assailants stood among the rooted branches of the banyan. The Castaways The shrines of these deities are generally built under a banyan tree and open to the east. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betūl, so named because their priest offered food to their gods on the leaves of a banyan tree. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) They entered the deep shadow cast by the spread of a great banyan tree from whose thick branches a score of accessory trunks were sent down to seek root in the soil. Terry A Tale of the Hill People The bamboo and rattan will rule supreme, and, like the banyan tree, will form an impenetrable jungle. The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes Vicarious sacrifices for the sick are offered in San Cristoval to a certain malignant ghost called Tapia, who is believed to seize a man's soul and tie it up to a banyan tree. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The noble banyan dying lives, In youth 'twould shield a single man, In age its spreading shelter gives Shade for a prince's caravan. War Rhymes by Wayfarer Splendid banyan trees give grateful shelter to the traveller. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Still faint and sick he struggled to his feet, leaning against the trunk of the banyan and stamping his feet weakly to restore the still numb legs. Terry A Tale of the Hill People "I have a clue Dom Robert," said Dom Pedro as they seated themselves beneath a broad banyan tree from which a view of St. Paul's ruin could be had. In Macao Underneath, it reminds one of sketches of encampments in Hindostan beneath banyan trees, where white tent cloths are stretched from branch to branch. Nature Near London There was one place where trees grew like banyans, and it was utterly impossible to penetrate them. Operation: Outer Space The country before us was open meadow-land, pleasant to ride over, only here and there broken by a massive banyan tree. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma It takes the place of the banyan tree in the heat of the day, the village well, and the meeting place for the men in the cool of the evening. With Our Soldiers in France Scarcely had we finished, and the father was telling me of Goa in India, when my uncle Robert came from beneath the great banyan tree and stood before us. In Macao Kathlyn found herself, all at once, sitting against the roots of an aged banyan tree. The Adventures of Kathlyn The ilex of the hills has not, however, in its nakedness the majesty of the peepul and banyan of the plains, though neither of them can be said to be "when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most." A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II At an inn, under the branches of a banyan tree, we sat down and had a cup of tea. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma The following is an account of the dimensions of a remarkable banyan or burr tree, near Manjee, twenty miles west of Patna in Bengal. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants At a turning around a huge banyan tree they saw the flickering flames of torches, and Barlow knew that plodding in front was a large body of pilgrims. Caste Out of the city into the sun they passed, between avenues of banyan, down colonnades of palm. Some Chinese Ghosts "May your honour never know a banyan day," replied the sailor; "and a sickly season for you, into the bargain." Japhet, in Search of a Father The country was very pretty, open glades with clumps of pine, and here and there a magnificent sacred tree like the banyan, under whose far-reaching branches small villages are often half concealed. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Here the banyan hung its ropes and yonder the tamarind waved its feathery streamers. The Flower of the Chapdelaines Like two white moths they flitted through the gloom and the hanging ropes of the banyan trees, down the narrow native path, and on through strangely empty streets and deserted bazaar to the Praying Ghats. Leonie of the Jungle The bank all round this noble tank is beautifully ornamented by fine banyan and pīpal trees, between which and the water's edge intervene numerous clusters of the graceful bamboo. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Seated under that banyan, they began to give expression to their sorrow in respect of that very matter: the destruction that had taken place of both the Kurus and the Pandavas. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I managed to bring home some euphorbias, cut into the form of junks, and some banyan trees, one 100 and one 50 years old. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months They also walk in procession round the banyan or sacred tree. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Yea, and even as the banyan tree sends out branches to draw dew from the rounded breast of earth, my love shall yearn towards thee. Leonie of the Jungle This study-chair was made out of the twisted roots of a banyan. Around The Tea-Table On that banyan thousands of crows roosted in the night. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Such a sacred banyan tree as we have imagined, Akbar found growing there upon the slope of the river bank when he was requiring the ground for his fort. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The road and paths were bordered by the tall, graceful plumes of the bamboo and shaded by giant mango and banyan trees, their boughs clothed with orchids. The Jungle Girl The shadows in the corner had lightened and darkened and lightened again, lifting at last to show a half-ruined, roofless room and a banyan tree outside an almost perfect archway. Leonie of the Jungle One day, in the course of these wanderings, she paused beneath a banyan tree, where a blind old hermit had taken up his abode. The Book of the Epic Uttering soft cries that winged creature, O Bharata, secretly approached the branches of that banyan. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The undying banyan tree is now a stump or log, but it or a predecessor was visited by a Chinese pilgrim to Allahabad in the seventh century A.D. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The banyan had dropped down rooting offsets to the ground, after the fashion of its kind, from its main branches. The Great Taboo Its magnificent banyan is justly entitled to be called one of the wonders of the world. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama In spite of poverty, this little family dwelt happily beneath the huge banyan tree, the princess rigidly keeping the secret that her husband had but a year to live. The Book of the Epic That ranger of the sky, that slayer of crows, alighting on one of the branches of the banyan, slew a large number of his sleeping enemies. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And still through the gateway of the fort and down underground, the train of pilgrims passes as of old to where the banyan tree is still declared to grow. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The mystic yellow bough on the sacred banyan! the Great Taboo! the wager of battle with Tu-Kila-Kila! The Great Taboo On both sides, the palm, the banyan, and feathery bamboo mingle their foliage; the song of birds meets your ears, and the odor of roses and lemon-flowers sweetens the air. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Then there is a gross, fat, indiscreet robin that has taken a home in an evergreen or mimosa or banyan tree just under our veranda railing. Mince Pie With the limbs and bodies, O monarch, of the slain crows, the ground covered by the spreading branches of the banyan became thickly strewn on every side. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The little-hill dove, a migratory species found by Mr. Layard in the mountain zone, only appearing with the ripened fruit of the teak, banyan, &c., on which they feed. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 There was something weird and awful in the sight of that savage god, thus condemned by his own superstition and the custom of his people to tramp ceaselessly up and down before the sacred banyan. The Great Taboo Twenty-eight miles are duly reeled off when, just outside a village, I seek the shade of a magnificent banyan. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Splendid banyan trees shelter one after toiling up the unending steps, and dotted over the landscape, indiscriminately in magnificent picturesqueness, are pretty farmhouses nestling almost out of sight in groves of sacred trees. Across China on Foot As he surveyed that forest peopled with diverse kinds of creatures, the great warrior beheld a large banyan covered with crows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 One other curious climber is remarkable for the vigour and vitality of its vegetation, a faculty in which it equals, if it do not surpass, the banyan. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 The seed of a banyan drifts into a crack, and grows without asking anyone's leave; there is life in it. The Jesus of History The little-hill dove a migratory species found by Mr. Layard in the mountain zone, only appearing with the ripened fruit of the teak, banyan, &c., on which they feed. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon Men either going to the market or coming from it leaned on their loads to rest under enormous banyans and to watch me as I passed. Across China on Foot Again, they met in the Park, and sat under the banyan tree, discussing the great books they had read, all of Europe they knew. The Conqueror Among trees I am the banyan; among men, the king; among weapons, the thunderbolt; among things which count, time; among animals, the lion; among purifiers, the wind. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 In the end the building comes down, but for what the banyan holds up. The Jesus of History Some villagers took a buffalo belonging to a certain man, and killed it in an enclosure outside the village, under a banyan tree, and dividing the flesh, ate it up. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies There were now banyans, palms, plantains, and many ferns, trees and shrubs and other products of warmer climates, which one found in Burma. Across China on Foot Under an aged banyan there is shade for a large congregation. Far Off We were hiding amid the roots of a great banyan tree, and could see well. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories This beautiful park contains quite a variety of trees, including the banyan, and is a resort of many of the people. A Trip Abroad What! are there not a banyan tree and a tank on the east side of the village? The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies Mr. Caldwell's Chinese hunter, Da-Da, lived at Lung-tao and we found his house to be one of several built on the outskirts of a beautiful grove of gum and banyan trees. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The most curious tree in India is the banyan, because one tree grows into a hundred. Far Off There is a banyan tree about five and twenty miles from Berhampore, remarkable for the height of the lower branches from the ground. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Harris and Negoro were seated at the foot of an enormous banyan, on the steep bank of an impetuous stream, which ran between a double hedge of papyrus. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen Left alone there Jhalka put one of the mirrors into the box and then tightened his cloth and climbed the banyan tree with his battle axe and the other mirror. Folklore of the Santal Parganas From our house we can count a number of villages on the mainland, beautifully situated among large banyans. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. The peculiar growth of the banyan," continued Miss Harson, "renders it an object of beauty and produces those column-like stems that cause it to become a grove in itself. Among the Trees at Elmridge It is said that there is a banyan tree near Gombroon on the Persian gulf, computed to cover nearly 1,700 yards. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Negoro and Harris sat down again at the foot of the banyan. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen They told him to bring the villagers with both the cows to a big banyan tree outside the village. Folklore of the Santal Parganas In every direction are villages, I might almost say without number, rendered most beautiful by their plentiful supply of large banyans and various other trees of luxuriant foliage. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. They are not considered eatable by the natives, but birds and animals feed upon them, and in the leafy bower of the banyan are found the peacock, the monkey and the squirrel. Among the Trees at Elmridge The moon rose, the stars came out, the wind murmured amongst the branches of the banyan tree, making the unfortunate cat long to be safe in her cosy home in the trunk. Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit Farther on, great banyans, of the kind whose seeds do not change into fruits, completed the outline of this vast landscape. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen Once upon a time there was a Raja, who had many water reservoirs and tanks, and round the edges he planted trees, mangoes, pipals, palms and banyans; and the banyan trees were bigger than any. Folklore of the Santal Parganas After walking through the village we sat down for a short time under the shade of a large banyan tree. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. Only there is a difference in the manner of growth, for the branches of the banyan are some distance from the ground and send forth rootlets without touching it. Among the Trees at Elmridge When the hunter was quite out of sight, the cat came forth from the barley, and hastened back to her beloved home in the banyan tree. Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit Above this collection of buildings rose some enormous banyans, whose branches swayed with graceful movements. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen The Raja told no one, but one morning he climbed the banyan tree before the maiden appeared, and when she came, he was carried up to the sky along with the tree. Folklore of the Santal Parganas I was still more surprised to see, in a place so destitute of trees and shrubs, tamarind, and banyan or mango trees planted singly, which, cultivated with great care, flourish with incomparable splendour and luxuriance. A Woman's Journey Round the World Not in the way of refreshments, just at present," continued their governess, "but only as belonging to the mulberry family; and we will begin with that curious tree the banyan, or Indian fig. Among the Trees at Elmridge This is the story of four creatures, none of whom loved each other, who lived in the same banyan tree in a forest in India. Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit When Oliver got back to Waikiki, he had lunch at the banyan bar and thought about what had happened. O+F He was so absorbed in the dance that he took no note of time; so when at last he tore himself away, he found that the banyan tree had disappeared. Folklore of the Santal Parganas "I've given up on men," she said to someone listening in the banyan. Joe Burke's Last Stand That night, crawling in among the twisted roots of a banyan tree, he had slept from exhaustion while the mosquitoes had had their will of him. The Red One This was a barley field a short distance from the banyan tree, where he loved to nibble the full ears, running up the stalks to get at them. Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit Now some fifteen paces back from the kraal wall stood a very ancient tree of the banyan species. Allan Quatermain And then he came to a squirrel which was chattering in a banyan tree, and he sang:— “Ho, ho, squirrel, Have you seen the Jhades jogi On this road?” Folklore of the Santal Parganas They swept up to the front of the hotel and arranged to meet at the banyan bar in an hour and a half. Joe Burke's Last Stand It was breezing up from the south-west, and banyan and cocoa-palm, artu and breadfruit tree, swayed and rocked in the merry wind. The Blue Lagoon: a romance In an especially fine banyan tree, outside the walls of a town called Vidisa, a cat, an owl, a lizard and a mouse, had all taken up their abode. Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit The trouble was that he instinctively avoided any square facing of the difficulty that had multiplied with such amazing rapidity—like a banyan tree—about the present and the shadowed future. Java Head The peepul’s leaves go flicker, flicker: The banyan’s leaves are thick and fleshy: Of the fan palm’s leaf, brother, make a cup. Folklore of the Santal Parganas An hour later he was beneath the banyan tree at the Moana beach bar. Joe Burke's Last Stand This Baboo is a banyan of solid substance, and the Mullicks all are citizens of credit and renown; while Ramee Durwan gets five rupees a month, and makes his bed at the gate. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 The owl and the cat both lived for the rest of their lives in the banyan tree, and died in the end at a good old age. Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit I stood under the shade of a large banyan tree, enjoying the sight; when suddenly I felt from behind a blow on my head which stunned me. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 This village has no headman or paranic; any headman who is appointed invariably dies; so they have made a bonga who lives in the banyan tree their headman. Folklore of the Santal Parganas Morgan and Edie walked down the wide back steps of the hotel and across the courtyard beneath the banyan tree. Joe Burke's Last Stand He seated himself again under the banyan tree. Imaginations and Reveries When you had driven the cattle to graze on the lawn, yonder banyan tree spread a hospitable shade for your tired limbs against the mid-day heat. The Fugitive A motley crowd has assembled under the banyan tree awaiting the boat's return; and as soon as it arrives, they eagerly scramble in. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore On the river bank grows a large banyan tree. Folklore of the Santal Parganas It felt better to sit under the banyan tree and watch it get dark. Joe Burke's Last Stand The fading sun cast a last gleam over the palms and banyans; the hum of night and the crickets had started. Autobiography of a Yogi The shepherd boy drowsed and dreamed in the shadow of the banyan tree, and I laid myself down by the water and stretched my tired limbs on the grass. Gitanjali Now, while we were gazing around us in silent admiration, Jack uttered an exclamation of surprise, and pointing to an object a little to one side of us, said— "That's a banyan tree." The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean The banyan tree has to be seen to be understood. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young The quivering darkness under the banyan blotted everything: death had dispersed the black minnows there, in oozy wriggles of shadow; but next moment the fish-tail stripes chased in a more lively shoal. Dragon's blood As I passed beyond the site of the large banyan tree near the river bank, a strong impulse urged me to look back. Autobiography of a Yogi "Indians gowns," or banyans, were for a century worn in England and America, and are of enough importance to receive a separate chapter in this book. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Hence the banyan day, though in reality a fast-day, became indelibly associated in his simple mind and vocabulary with occasions of feasting and plenty, and so remains to this day. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore The banyan is almost a colony of trees in itself, having, apparently, a dozen trunks in one. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Passing under hundred-year-old banyans it was impossible to distinguish one's own finger at the distance of two inches. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan There, under the shade of the banyan, and surrounded by a few disciples, sat the great Babaji! Autobiography of a Yogi The banyan was not the only Oriental garment which had become of interest to Englishmen. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Shepherds will play their pipes beneath the banyan trees, and cattle graze on the slope by the river, while my days will pass into the dark. Fruit-Gathering O you shaggy-headed banyan tree standing on the bank of the pond, have you forgotten the little child, like the birds that have nested in your branches and left you? The Crescent Moon The majesty of the tropical growth is such that our highest trees would look dwarfed compared with banyans and especially with palms. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan When I returned in a few minutes with a dish of delicacies, lo! the lordly banyan no longer sheltered the celestial troupe. Autobiography of a Yogi As the seed is within the banyan tree, and within the seed are the flowers, the fruits, and the shade: So the germ is within the body, and within that germ is the body again. Songs of Kabir We did not fail to visit the famous banyan tree of Calcutta, by far the largest in the world. Round the World We drove through the Mahim Woods—a grand, wild, straggling forest of palms of all kinds, acacias, and banyan trees. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II "You would like to storm the Castle Perilous, and awaken the Sleeping Beauty?" archly said Hawke, as they rolled along under a huge alley of banyan trees. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story One of them we passed through I am sure would have run any Indian banyan hard for extent of ground covered, if it were measured. Travels in West Africa That is, I suppose it was a banyan; its bark resembled that of the great banyan in the botanical gardens at Calcutta, that spider-legged thing with its wilderness of vegetable columns. Following the Equator, Part 6 It looked like some strange sort of lunar forest, or some species of monstrous, magic banyan tree. Youth Challenges There are some wonderful trees on the Elsey, but not one of them will compare with the majesty and grandeur of that old banyan. We of the Never-Never But I had already laid in sufficient for the occasion, and therefore desired to be excused: expressing a curiosity to know the meaning of banyan day. The Adventures of Roderick Random Myriads of birds were scattered amid the foliage of banyans, palms, and masses of rhododendrons, so luxuriant that their thickets were impenetrable. The Master of the World We saw a banyan tree which sent down supporting stems from branches which were sixty feet above the ground. Following the Equator, Part 6 Then they hang it on some high tree, such as a banyan or a casuarina, in a sacred place. The Golden Bough At this moment, they had to raise the balloon so as to pass over a forest of trees that were more than three hundred feet in height—a kind of ancient banyan. Five Weeks in a Balloon For," said he, "it has been banyan day with me a great while. The Adventures of Roderick Random A high sea-wall with a broad concrete walk, shaded by banyan trees, runs round it, a distance of a mile and a quarter. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither On both sides the palm, the banyan, and the feathery bamboo mingle their foliage; the song of birds meets your ears, and the odor of roses and lemon flowers sweetens the air. Following the Equator, Part 6 The great tree was of course a banyan. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India In one of the Scriptures we read: Under a banyan tree sat a youthful teacher and beside him an aged disciple. The Upanishads From the numbers of this family, of large size, dotted over the country, the fig or banyan species would seem to have been held sacred in Africa from the remotest times. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 It is quite flat and covered with carefully kept grass, intersected with concrete walks and banyan avenues, the tropical gardens of the rich merchants giving variety and color. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither A warm sea-breeze rustled through the banyan trees, with their thick, shining arch of foliage. The Coming Conquest of England My path lay by the banyan tree under which we had so often sat, but every air-root seemed changed to a writhing serpent. The Darrow Enigma The camels and horses were picketed under the banyan- trees, on which the ripe mango fruit was growing, and offered them an excellent food. Adventures of Major Gahagan Sometimes in his house, sometimes on the road, by the seashore, under a banyan tree, here and there and everywhere, the missionary and his pupils held their classes. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa Tudor was to stay behind in his banyan refuge and gather strength while the expedition proceeded. Adventure So it was that he did not sit down under the banyan tree, but trotted along at the far rear of the tribe. Jerry of the Islands The cave and the banyan are among the many attractions of what is now Herr Blaschek's villa. The Darrow Enigma The dew had gone from the dead grass and the sand was hot to his dry boots before he came back into the open space about the great banyan and the tents. The Research Magnificent The great banyan trees whose branches came down and took root in the earth, making a wonderful round leafy tent, grew on every side. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa Here, hiding new trail, Binu Charley had carried him for a quarter of a mile into the heart of the deepest jungle, and hidden him in a big banyan tree. Adventure He had seized one of the air-roots of the banyan tree, and raised himself upon his right leg. The Darrow Enigma We chose for our meeting-place the great banyan on the top of Malabar Hill, where I passed the happiest moments I have ever known. The Darrow Enigma Here and there, banyan trees, like rocky islands, shouldered aside the streaming riot of vegetation between their crowded columns, showing portals and passages wherein all daylight was lost and only midnight gloom remained. Adventure Its roof was the boughs of the great banyan tree; its one pillar the trunk, and its walls the branches that bent down to enter the ground and take root. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa |
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