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On the other hand, "manjushage" is a wonderful name.
The only name, “manjushage” 曼殊沙華 , gives a very wonderful impression.
Manjushage is a flower related to Buddhism.
It is a flower that appears in the Buddhist scriptures, and it is a flower that does not exist on the ground.
For example, the following part comes out in "Myōhō Renge Kyō(妙法蓮華教)".
是時天雨曼陀羅華 摩訶曼陀羅華 曼殊沙華 摩訶曼殊沙華 而散仏上 及諸大衆
When Buddha is trying to talk about Myōhō Renge Kyō, it means that “mandarage” and “manjushage” have fallen from devaloka to the Buddha and the audience.
It is a cluster amaryllis(Higanbana) that was named the heavenly flower that does not exist on the ground.
Why red spider lily is a name of sinister names Hell Flower in japan?
Red spider lily are triploid and …show more content…
In addition, there are superstitions that bringing red spider lily flowers home will be a fire.
In modern Japan Higanbana is the flower that is having the ominous impression.
It was an emergency food in Higanbana in the past.
It is red spider lily that has poison in all parts. But in fact, exposure to water for a long time allows poisons to escape and be able to eat.
Therefore, in Japan when eating starvation was eating red spider lily as an emergency food. Especially Okinawa I think that it is famous.
Red spider lily are widely known as hardy plants even in the present age.
Plants with a poison are often seen in the temple. For example, ginkgo and cycad were also emergency food at the time of the famine.
Because it is not something to eat normally, it is said that an ominous name was given for the admonition.

Finally. Summary.
As I introduced this time, in Japan red spider lily because the bloom brilliantly in the autumn equinox(お彼岸), it is said that Higanbana(彼岸花).
There is also a wonderful alias called Manjushage(曼殊沙華) which appears in Buddhist scriptures.
However, there are many bad words like hell flowers and dead man flowers in alias other than

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