pipal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pipal
1780–90; < Hindi pīpal < Sanskrit pippala
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 • Jun. 29, 2015
The pipal tree is preferable for avenues to the banyan.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
We Bagrees are an ancient people descended from the Rajputs, and we keep our word to our friends; therefore we will take the oath after the manner of Bhowanee, beneath the pipal tree.
From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander
When the pipal and the neem glisten with star flowers and sweeten the foetid night-air, it matters nothing to me that the natives believe evil gods home in the branches.
From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander
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.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
