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The Shalmali tree of the Himalaya

A giant silk-cotton tree on a Himalayan height, four hundred cubits round, under which Brahma once rested. It boasts to Narada that it is stronger than the Wind, and cuts off its own branches the night before the Wind comes.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see The Shalmali tree of the Himalaya's web

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The Shalmali tree of the Himalaya tested by

Vayu (God) · Vayu and the Shalmali tree
Vayu comes to test the boastful tree's strength.

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Vayu and the Shalmali tree
From the epics · as the boastful tree · 1 telling

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The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § shanti.154-157 Primary text (translation)