单词 | bodhi tree |
释义 | bodhi treen. The peepul tree, Ficus religiosa; = bo tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > banyan tree Indian fig1382 Indian fig tree1594 banian-tree1638 war1687 peepul tree1783 burr1813 Brahminy fig tree1814 bo tree1820 bodhi tree1838 pagoda tree1876 waringin1889 1838 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 7 811 He [sc. the Bódhisatto] repaired to the foot of the Bodhi tree by the path that had been decorated for him. 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 20 (note) This Bo or Bodhi tree is the tree under..which Buddha attained to omniscience. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan ix. 126 In this Paradise is the Celestial Ganges and the great Bodhi-tree, ‘a hundred yoganas in height’. 1972 J. Campbell Myths to live By (1988) vii. 134 He had arrived at last at the Bodhi-tree, the tree (so-called) of enlightenment at the midpoint of the universe. 2011 R. Fortey Survivors vi. 168 The climate is too cold hereabouts to allow growth of the original bodhi tree, which is the spreading evergreen fig. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1838 |
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