Bo Tree Definition

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noun

The sacred fig tree (peepul) of Buddhism: Gautama is believed to have received heavenly inspiration under such a tree.

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A fig tree regarded as sacred by Hindus and Buddhists.

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Noun

Singular:
bo tree
Plural:
bo-trees

Bo Tree Sentence Examples

  • The city also contains a sacred Bo-tree, which is said to date back to the year 245 B.C. The railway was extended from Matale to Anuradhapura in 1905.

  • Soon after, if not on the very day when his followers had left him, he wandered out towards the banks of the Neranjara, receiving his morning meal from the hands of Sujata, the daughter of a neighbouring villager, and set himself down to eat it under the shade of a large tree (a Ficus religiosa), to be known from that time as the sacred Bo tree or tree of wisdom.

  • Eighteen months had now elapsed since the turning-point of Gotama's career - his great struggle under the Bo tree.

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