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pipal

American

[pahy-puhl, pee-] / ˈpaɪ pəl, ˈpi- /

noun

a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.

pipal British

/ ˈpaɪpəl /

noun

a variant of peepul

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Etymology

Origin of pipal

1780–90; < Hindi pīpal < Sanskrit pippala

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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

"Put it here," Sookdee said, as he laid a pipal leaf of twice the thickness he had given Ajeet upon the palm of Hunsa.

From Caste by William Alexander Fraser

Also there was immediately a reversal of bird form, a shatterment of sentiment, a rasping maddening note from somewhere in the dome of a pipal tree.

From Caste by William Alexander Fraser

Then the pitcher was placed upon the Kali shrine; raw sugar was inclosed in a cloth and tied to a branch of the pipal.

From Caste by William Alexander Fraser

When the pipal and the neem glisten with star flowers and sweeten the foetid night-air, it matters nothing to me that the natives believe evil gods home in the branches.

From Caste by William Alexander Fraser

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