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是鬼子母神所持之果物,一切供物果子之中,石榴為上。瞿醯經奉請供養品曰:「其果子中石榴為上,於諸根中毘多羅根為上。」
The pomegranate, symbol of many children because of its seeds; a symbol held in the hand of 鬼子母神 Hariti, the deva-mother of demons, converted by the Buddha.
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一石榴 乃鬼子母神所持之果物。一切供物果子之中,石榴為上。瞿醯經奉請供養品(大一八‧七六八下):「其果子中,石榴為上;於諸根中,毘多羅根為上。」或謂石榴為吉祥果;以石榴一花多果,一房千實(子),因此稱鬼子母為千子(一說五百子,或一萬子)之母,故以之為吉祥果。(參閱「吉祥果」2825)p2700
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