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Bodh Gaya

or Buddh Ga·ya

[ bood guh-yah ]

noun

  1. a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.


Bodh Gaya

/ ˈbɒd ɡəˈjɑː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Buddh Gaya
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Disillusioned by the impermanence of life, Siddhartha engaged in six years of ascetic practice and attained enlightenment at the age of 35 in Bodh Gaya in northeast India.

The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya is decorated on this day and devotees perform special prayers under the bodhi tree under which the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment.

Finally, he attained awakening and became the Buddha while meditating under a peepal tree in Bodh Gaya, a village in the northeastern Indian state of Bihar.

Today, Bodh Gaya — and its Mahabodhi Temple Complex — is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites.

Garcetti began studying Urdu and Hindi, diving into the Vedas and other classical Indian texts before applying in his junior year to a Buddhist studies program in Bodh Gaya, the holy pilgrimage site where Buddha was enlightened.

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