Bodh Gaya

American  

[bood guh-yah] / ˌbʊd gəˈyɑ /

Or Buddh Gaya

noun

1. a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.

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Bodh Gaya British  

/ ˈbɒd ɡəˈjɑː /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Buddh Gaya

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Example Sentences

I was in Bodh Gaya in the northern Indian state of Bihar, the birthplace of Buddhism, on the first night of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

Disillusioned by the impermanence of life, Siddhartha engaged in six years of ascetic practice and attained enlightenment at the age of 35 in Bodh Gaya in northeast India.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024

Reverence surrounds the Bodhi Tree, in Bodh Gaya, India; the Cypress of Abarkuh, in Iran; the Hibakujumoku trees, in Hiroshima, which withstood the atomic blast.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

Mr Ghosh said three of the men were arrested near Bodh Gaya and two in Calcutta.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2015

Many of the old sites, such as Râjagṛiha and Gaya, were deserted but there were new towns near them and Bodh Gaya was a place of pilgrimage with three monasteries.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir