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Definition of Ficus religiosa

Ficus religiosa
Peepul tree Pee"pul tree` [Hind. p[=i]pal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.) A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree. [Written also pippul tree, and pipal tree.]
Ficus religiosa
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 Ficus religiosa from wikipedia

- Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family...
- Cunn. – desert fig Ficus pleurocarpa DC. – banana fig Ficus polita Vahl Ficus religiosa L. – sacred fig Ficus roraimensis Berg Ficus rubiginosa Desf. –...
- enlightenment"), also called the Bo tree, was a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) located in Bodh ****a, Bihar, India. Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual...
- recorded feeding on Ficus aurea, Ficus carica, Ficus microcarpa, Ficus religiosa, Ficus pumila, Ficus gamelleira, Ficus prinoides, Ficus pumila and Artocarpus...
- times and is now widely grown throughout the world. Ficus carica is the type species of the genus Ficus, containing over 800 tropical and subtropical plant...
- to Hindu scriptures, Aśvattha, (Sanskrit: अश्वत्थ) or Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa), is a sacred tree for the Hindus and has been extensively mentioned...
- (Report). Orissa Review. 2005. p. 87. Retrieved 1 December 2023. Pipal (Ficus religiosa) – The State Tree of Odisha (PDF) (Report). RPRC. 18 November 2014...
- many mythologies. Examples include the banyan and the sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, the tree of the knowledge of good...
- is widely used in rural Indian herbal medicine, and the luxuriant Ficus religiosa, or peepul, which is displa**** on the ancient seals of Mohenjo-daro...
- and became the aśvattha tree (Ficus religiosa); from his flesh his force flowed, and became the udumbara tree (Ficus glomerata); from his bones his sweet...