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अश्वत्थ,( ashvattha ), is a sanskrit name of the tree Ficus religiosa.

The word 'Ashvattha' is derived from the Sanskrit roots... A = not + Shwa = tomorrow + tha = stands/remains (The Hindu philosopher Shankaracharya interprets the name to indicate "One which does not remain the same tomorrow", such as the universe itself.

Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 15.1,

श्रीभगवानुवाच

ऊर्ध्वमूलमधः शाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्‌ ।

छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्‌ ॥

śrībhagavān uvāca

ūrdhvamūlam adhaḥśākham aśvatthaṃ prāhur avyam

chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yas taṃ veda sa vedavit 15.1

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is said that there is an imperishable Peepal tree that has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas."

Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 15.2,

अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः ।

अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥

adhaś cordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhā

guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ

adhaś ca mūlāny anusaṃtatāni

karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke 15.2

"The branches of this tree extend downward and upward, nourished by the three modes of material nature. The twigs are the objects of the senses. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the fruitive actions of human society."

Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 15.3 & .4,

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा ।

अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूल मसङ्‍गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥

ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः ।

तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥

na rūpam asyeha tathopalabhyate

nānto na cādir na ca saṃpratiṣṭhā

aśvattham enaṃ suvirūḍhamūlaṃ

asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā 15.3

tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ

yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ

tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye

yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī 15.4

"The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. But with determination one must cut down this strongly rooted tree with the weapon of detachment. Thereafter, one must seek that place from which, having gone, one never returns, and there surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything began and from whom everything has extended since time immemorial."

Rigved

1.164.20-22

दवा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वर्क्षं परि षस्वजाते | तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं सवाद्वत्त्यनश्नन्नन्यो अभि चाकशीति ||

यत्रा सुपर्णा अम्र्तस्य भागमनिमेषं विदथाभिस्वरन्ति |

इनो विश्वस्य भुवनस्य गोपाः स मा धीरः पाकमत्रा विवेश ||

यस्मिन वर्क्षे मध्वदः सुपर्णा निविशन्ते सुवते चाधि विश्वे |

तस्येदाहुः पिप्पलं सवाद्वग्रे तन नोन नशद यःपितरं न वेद ||

20 Two Birds with fair wings, knit with bonds of friendship, in the same sheltering tree have found a refuge. One of the twain eats the sweet Fig-tree's fruitage; the other eating not regardeth only. 21 Where those fine Birds hymn ceaselessly their portion of life eternal, and the sacred synods, There is the Universe's mighty Keeper, who, wise, hath entered into me the simple. 22 The, tree whereon the fine Birds eat the sweetness, where they all rest and procreate their offspring,— Upon its top they say the fig is luscious: none gaineth it who knoweth not the Father.

परम पवित्र वेद की वाणी में पीपल के विषय में इस प्रकार लिखा है -

अश्वत्थे वो निषदनं पर्णे वो वसतिष्कृता ।

पीपल का नाम अश्वत्थ वेद में आया है जिसकी निरुक्ति वा अर्थ इस प्रकार किया है - "अश्वत्थः श्‍वः स्थास्यति न स्थास्यति वा" । अर्थात् जिस प्रकार असार संसार में हमें पता नहीं हम कल रहेंगे वा नहीं इसका कोई ज्ञान नहीं । इसी प्रकार पीपल वा पीपल के पत्तों का यह पता नहीं कि वह कल रहेगा वा नहीं । इसीलिये "चलपत्र" पीपल का नाम है

ओषधीरिति मातरस्तद्वो देवीरुप ब्रुवे । सनेयमश्वं गां वास आत्मानं तव पूरुष ॥४॥ अश्वत्थे वो निषदनं पर्णे वो वसतिष्कृता । गोभाज इत्किलासथ यत्सनवथ पूरुषम् ॥५॥

Plants, by this name I speak to you, Mothers, to you the Goddesses: Steed, cow, and garment may I win, win back thy very self, O man. 5 The Holy Fig tree is your home, your mansion is the Parna tree: Winners of cattle shall ye be if ye regain for me this man.

अत्राह तद वहेथे मध्व आहुतिं यमश्वत्थमुपतिष्ठन्त जायवो.अस्मे ते सन्तु जायवः | साकं गावः सुवते पच्यते यवो न ते वाय उप दस्यन्ति धेनवो नाप दस्यन्ति धेनवः ||

Ride hither to the offering of the pleasant juice, the holy Fig-tree which victorious priests surround: victorious be they still for us. At once the cows yield milk, the barley-meal is dressed. For thee, O Vāyu, never shall the cows grow thin, never for thee shall they be dry.