Studies in Indian Art c9.s3.6

c9.s3.6

The Mind is the *Kalpa-vṛikṣha* or the Wishing Tree which gives us every thing for the mere thought of it. In a very real sense the Mind is the most powerful creator, the perennial source of all our enjoyments, and the inexhaustible fountain from where pleasure (*rasa*) constantly oozes out. Thought (*saṅkalpa*) is the nature and power of the Mind which makes life teem with innumerable blessings. The artists made full use of a rich conception like this, and employed the *Kalpa-vṛikṣha* as one of the symbols which adorned art both in respect of beauty of form and depth of meaning.