n. 1. Buddhism The pipal tree under which Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment. 2. See pipal. [Pali bodhi and Sanskrit bodhiḥ, enlightenment, Bodhi tree (Pali, from Sanskrit); see bheudh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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