EditorialDiagram of the universe follows the tradition found in the 'Puranas', the 'Mahabharata', ancient Buddhist texts and the Jain tradition. In the centre is Mount Meru or Jambu ('Rose-apple', hence the term 'Jambudvipa', Rose-apple island', for this type o...
EditorialDiagram of the universe follows the tradition found in the 'Puranas', the 'Mahabharata', ancient Buddhist texts and the Jain tradition. In the centre is Mount Meru or Jambu ('Rose-apple', hence the term 'Jambudvipa', Rose-apple island', for this type o...
EditorialMalay rose apple, Syzygium malaccense (Eugenia malaccensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after an illustration by William Miller from Conrad Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821.
EditorialDiagram of the universe follows the tradition found in the 'Puranas', the 'Mahabharata', ancient Buddhist texts and the Jain tradition. In the centre is Mount Meru or Jambu ('Rose-apple', hence the term 'Jambudvipa', Rose-apple island', for this type o...
EditorialDiagram of the universe follows the tradition found in the 'Puranas', the 'Mahabharata', ancient Buddhist texts and the Jain tradition. In the centre is Mount Meru or Jambu ('Rose-apple', hence the term 'Jambudvipa', Rose-apple island', for this type o...
EditorialMalay Apple. c.1824. Eugenia Malaccensis' L.(Myrtaceae). Malay Apple or Rose Apple. From an album of 40 drawings of plants made by Chinese artists at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raffles. Watercolour. Originally published/produced in c.1824. ....
EditorialMalay rose apple, Syzygium malaccense (Eugenia malaccensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after an illustration by William Miller from Conrad Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821.