Editing Pomegranate (section)

=== India ===
In some Hindu traditions, the pomegranate ([[Sanskrit]]: ''dāḍima''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heyn |first=Birgit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HUIZRFFMF8C&pg=PA117 |title=Ayurveda: The Indian Art of Natural Medicine and Life Extension |date=April 1990 |publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co |isbn=978-0-89281-333-9 |pages=117 |language=en}}</ref>) symbolizes prosperity and fertility, and is associated with both [[Bhumidevi|Bhumi]] (the earth goddess) and [[Ganesha]] (the one fond of the many-seeded fruit).<ref name="chandra1998">{{Cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses|author=Suresh Chandra|year=1998|isbn=978-81-7625-039-9|publisher=Sarup & Sons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mfTE6kpz6XEC&pg=PA39|page=39|quote=Bhumidevi (the earth goddess) ... Attributes: ... pomegranate ...}}</ref><ref name="kumar2006">{{Cite book|title=Thousand Names of Ganesha|author=Vijaya Kumar|year=2006|isbn=978-81-207-3007-6|publisher=Sterling Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=koNhqLCSxRgC|quote=...&nbsp;Beejapoori ... the pomegranate in His hand is symbolic of bounteous wealth, material as well as spiritual ...}}</ref>