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sacred fig

sacred fig noun: the bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa, venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree.

Noun

sacred fig (plural sacred figs)

  1. The bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa, venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree.
    Synonyms:
    bo tree, bodhi tree, peepul, pippala tree, ashwattha tree

sacred fig meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

sacred fig in Hindi

Ficus religiosa
पीपल pīpal

sacred fig in Tamil

Ficus religiosa
அரசமரம் aracamaram, அரசு aracu

sacred fig in Bengali

Ficus religiosa
অশ্বত্থ ośśottho, পিপ্পল pippol, প্লক্ষ plokkho

sacred fig in Malayalam

Ficus religiosa
അരയാൽ arayāl
More languagesFewer languages
sacred fig in Kannada
ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ aśvattha
sacred fig in Punjabi
ਪਿੱਪਲ pippal
sacred fig in Gujarati
અશ્વત્થ aśvatth
sacred fig in Sanskrit
अश्वत्थ aśvattha, पिप्पल pippala, प्लक्ष plakṣa
sacred fig in Assamese
আঁহত ãhot
sacred fig in Indonesian
ara suci
sacred fig in Vietnamese
bồ đề
sacred fig in Myanmar
ဗောဓိညောင် bau:dhi.nyaung

Synonyms of sacred fig

All synonyms of sacred fig

Forms of sacred fig

pluralsacred figs

Questions about sacred fig

What does sacred fig mean?
Sacred fig means the bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa, venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree.
What is sacred fig in Hindi?
Sacred fig in Hindi is पीपल (pīpal). See Sacred fig meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sacred fig?
Sacred fig is a noun.
What is the plural of sacred fig?
The plural of sacred fig is sacred figs.

Words near sacred fig in the dictionary

  1. sacred bundle
  2. sacred bundles
  3. sacred cow
  4. sacred cows
  5. sacred eroticism
  6. sacred fig
  7. sacred figs
  8. sacred fir
  9. sacred firs
  10. sacred geometries
  11. sacred geometry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sacred fig (page history and authors); અશ્વત્થ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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