Jambu

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Jambu or jumbu could refer to :

  • Jambu, jambu air or jambu bol, a local term for Syzygium fruit
  • Jambu or jambu batu, a local term for guavas
  • Jambu tree : the tree under which the Prince Siddhartha meditated before renouncing his princely life to become Gautama Buddha, an event referred to as the First Meditation, believed by many scholars to be the inspiration behind the "pensive Bodhisattva images" [1]
  • Jambu Fruit Dove : A species of Fruit Dove (bird).
  • Jambu(1980) Film : A Tamil film released in 1980.
  1. ^ Junghee Lee, "Origins and Development off the Pensive Bodhisattva Images of Asia" Artibus Asiae Vol. 53 No. 3/4 (1993), pp 311-357