pipal
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
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
No trees, perhaps, are held in greater veneration in India, than the Ficus Religiosa or pipal tree.
From Project Gutenberg
Lifting his hat, he walked towards a huge pipal tree in the compound.
From Project Gutenberg
An old man came running up the road, between its walls of pipal trees, beating his mouth with the palm of his hand in a staccato lament.
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Such a performance should be rated as a religious act like the planting of the pipal tree in India.
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