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Asāvatī

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Eine Ranke im Cittalatāvana-Hain der Tāvatiṃsa-Welt, deren Früchte nur einmal alle tausend Jahre reifen und ein göttliches Getränk liefern, das vier Monate lang berauscht.

A creeper that grows in the Cittalatāvana in Tāvatiṃsa. In its fruit a divine drink is hidden, and they who drink of it once are intoxicated for four months and lie on a divine couch. It bears fruit only once in a thousand years, and the gods wait patiently for that period for a drink of the fruit. J.iii.250-1; Ap.i.41.

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