单词 | bo tree |
释义 | bo treen. The peepul tree, Ficus religiosa, of southern Asia; the particular tree of this species under which Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha) is said to have attained enlightenment. Cf. god tree n. at god n. and int. Compounds 1e. 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 1820 Ann. Oriental Lit. 1 June 402 Wijaya and his giants were sitting under the shadow of the said Bo-tree. 1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 276 The Banyan, par excellence, sometimes called the Bo-tree, is the specially sacred tree of the Bhuddhists. 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 20 (note) This Bo or Bodhi tree is the tree under..which Buddha attained to omniscience. 1906 P. A. Thompson Lotus Land iv. 109 The robes of dying monks are hung, as offerings, upon the Bo-trees growing in the courts. 1966 Theosophy June 251 The Enlightenment achieved by the Buddha under the Bo tree involved neither a proprietor nor a proprietary. 2000 Jrnl. Soc. Archer-Antiquaries 43 50/2 We have not seen any arrow-heads whose shape recalled the leaf of the Bo tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1820 |
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