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
Something like it is the peepul, or pipal, though its branches do not take root in the ground like the other.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Optic, Oliver
The shesham, the sal, the pipal and the nim are vivid with fresh foliage.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
"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 Fraser, William Alexander
A hundred pipal trees all in a place together!
From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot
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