pipal

[ pahy-puhl, pee- ]

noun

1. a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.

pipal

/ ˈpaɪpəl /

noun

1. a variant of peepul

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipal¹

1780–90; < Hindi pīpal < Sanskrit pippala

Example Sentences

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

In the Somavati festival, the Mahratta women circumambulate a pipal tree, and place offerings on it, when the new moon falls on a Monday.

From Project Gutenberg

Lifting his hat, he walked towards a huge pipal tree in the compound.

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An old man came running up the road, between its walls of pipal trees, beating his mouth with the palm of his hand in a staccato lament.

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Such a performance should be rated as a religious act like the planting of the pipal tree in India.

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