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Definition of Bo tree

Bo tree
Bo tree Bo" tree` (Bot.) The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan (Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. --Tennent.

Meaning of Bo tree from wikipedia

- mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, bo tree, peepul tree, peepal tree, pipala tree or ashvattha tree (in India and Nepal). The sacred fig is...
- Bodhi Tree is a sacred bo tree (Ficus religiosa) in Mahamewuna Garden in the historical city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is believed to be a tree grown...
- Look up bo, Bo, or BO in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bo or BO may refer to Box office, where tickets to an event are sold, and by extension, the amount...
- 84.9914694 The Bodhi Tree ("tree of awakening" or "tree of enlightenment"), also called the Bo tree, was a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) located...
- Sri Lanka. Another Bo tree is called Ananda bodiya as it had been brought from Jetavana monestey in Sravasti in India wherein a Bo tree with the same name...
- of the Bo tree symbol in the emblem. The Bodhi Tree is represented by the Bo tree. It comes from the Sinhala word bo, which means the Bodhi tree. This...
- Mukherjee, Pippa (1983). Common Trees of India. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press for World Wide Fund for Nature. ISBN 978-0195614824....
- Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka, many devotees flock to worship the sacred Bo tree of Bellanwila Rajamaha Vihara, which is considered to be one of the first...
- Handbook for Mankind Buddhadasa's most well-known book. Heart-wood from the Bo Tree. Susan Usom Foundation, 1985. India's Benevolence to Thailand Keys to Natural...
- the trees were believed to die. Important sacred trees are also the object of pilgrimage, one of the most noteworthy being the branch of the Bo tree at...