sacred fig

English

Noun

sacred fig (plural sacred figs)

1. The bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa, venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree.

   Synonyms: bo tree, bodhi tree, peepul, pippala tree, ashwattha tree

Translations

Ficus religiosa

• Assamese: আঁহত (ãhot)
• Bengali: অশ্বত্থ (bn) (ośśottho), পিপ্পল (bn) (pippol), প্লক্ষ (bn) (plokkho)
• Burmese: ဗောဓိညောင် (my) (bau:dhi.nyaung)
• Catalan: figuera de les pagodes (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菩提樹 / 菩提树 (zh) (pútíshù)

• Finnish: temppeliviikuna
• German: Pappel-Feige f
• Hindi: पीपल (hi) m (pīpal)
• Indonesian: ara suci
• Japanese: 菩提樹 (ja) (bodaiju), 印度菩提樹 (indo-bodaiju), 天竺菩提樹 (tenjiku bodaiju)
• Kannada: ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ (kn) (aśvattha)
• Korean: 인도보리수 (indoborisu)
• Malayalam: അരയാൽ (ml) (arayāl)
• Punjabi: ਪਿੱਪਲ (pa) m (pippal)
• Sanskrit: अश्वत्थ (sa) m (aśvattha), पिप्पल (sa) m (pippala), प्लक्ष (sa) m (plakṣa)
• Spanish: higuera de las pagodas f, higuera sagrada f
• Vietnamese: bồ đề