pipal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pipal
1780–90; < Hindi pīpal < Sanskrit pippala
Example Sentences
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He famously achieved enlightenment—his insights about the cause of suffering and the way to end it—while meditating under a pipal tree.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 29, 2015
First seven paces were marked off, and Ajeet was told that he must not run, but take the seven steps as in a walk, carrying the hot iron on a pipal leaf on his palm.
From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander
Heavy cracks in the roof let in shafts of the fading daylight, and roots of weeds and pipal trees had penetrated and hung below.
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
No trees, perhaps, are held in greater veneration in India, than the Ficus Religiosa or pipal tree.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
At intervals on the road pipal trees afforded shelter to travellers by the wayside.
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
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