The paradise garden is a form of garden of Old Persian origin. Originally referred to by a single noun signifying “a walled-in compound or garden” from pairi (around) and daeza or diz (wall, brick, or shape), Xenophon translated the Persian phrase pairidaeza into the Greek version Paradeisos. The enclosed garden concept is now often referred to as paradise garden due to additional Indo-European meanings of “paradise.”
The paradise garden takes some of its character from its original arid or semi-arid homeland. The most basic feature is the enclosure of the cultivated area. This excludes the wildness of nature, and includes the tended, watered greenery of the garden. The commonest and easiest layout for the perimeter walls is that of a rectangle, and this forms one of the prime features of this kind of garden. Another common theme is the elaborate use of water, often in canals, ponds or rills, sometimes in fountains, less often in waterfalls of various kinds.
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Keywords: Paradise, Garden of Eden, Eden, Heaven, River of life, Paradise garden Eden, Garden, Persian garden
Bible reference(s): Song of Songs 4:13, Ecclesiastes 2:5, Nehemiah 2:8, Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:3, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 22:1-2, 2 Esdras 4:7, 2 Esdras 6:2, 2 Esdras 7:36, 2 Esdras 7:123, 2 Esdras 8:52
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