Thai lacquerwork painting of the Naripon tree at Phra Pathom Chedi
Grouping
Mythical tree Legendary creatures
Sub grouping
Sylvan
Folklore
Buddhist mythology Thai folk mythology
Country
India, Thailand
Region
Southeast Asia
The Nariphon (Thai: นารีผล, from Pali nārīphala), also known as Makkaliphon (Thai: มักกะลีผล, from Pali makkaliphala), is a tree in Buddhist mythology which bears fruit in the shape of young female creatures. The maidens grow attached by their head from the tree branches.[1] This tree grows at the Himaphan, a mythical forest where the female fruits are enjoyed by the Gandharvas who cut the fruits and take them away.[2]
The Nariphon is also mentioned in the Vessantara Jātaka in which Indra placed these trees around the grove where the Bodhisattva Vessantara meditated.[3][4]
^Nariphon Tree at a temple in Thailand
^Thai traditional mural painting Archived 2015-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
^McDaniel, Justin (2014). The lovelorn ghost and the magical monk: practicing Buddhism in modern Thailand. New York, NY: Columbia Univ. Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780231153775.
^Readings of the Vessantara Jātaka. New York: Columbia University Press. 2016. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9780231541008.
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