bo-tree
(ˈbəʊtriː)
[f. Sinhalese bo, corruption of Pāli bodhi (Skr. bodhi) the bo-tree, more fully called bodhi-taru, f. bodhi ‘perfect knowledge’, taru ‘tree’; it having been under such a tree that Gautama attained the enlightenment which constituted him ‘the Buddha’. In Sinhalese Bogaha (gaha a tree).]
The ficus religiosa or pīpal tree, specifically allied to the Banyan.
| [1681 R. Knox Hist. Ceylon 18 This tree they call Bogahah; we the God-Tree.] 1862 Mrs. Speid Last Years Ind. 276 The Banyan, par excellence, sometimes called the Bo-tree, is the specially sacred tree of the Bhuddhists. 1871 Alabaster Wheel of Law 20 note, This Bo or Bodhi tree is the tree under..which Buddha attained to omniscience. |