Bodhi Tree

/ ˌbəʊdɪ /

noun

the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha

Sanskrit bodhi enlightenment

I'll split the Bodhi tree by lightning And frighten thee away with rumbling thunder.

In India each Buddha was associated with his own bodhi-tree or tree of wisdom.

Towards evening he walks to the Bodhi-tree and meets a grass-cutter who offers him grass to make a seat.

In the middle of the enclosure is the Bodhi-tree, under which is the diamond throne called Bodhi-maṇḍa.

In old days, when Buddha was alive, the Bodhi-tree—which is a Pippala or sacred fig-tree—was several hundred feet high.

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