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  2. Bodhi Tree - Wikipedia

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    The Bodhi Tree ("tree of awakening" or "tree of enlightenment" [1]), also called the Mahabodhi Tree or Bo Tree, [2] is a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) [1] [3] located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher who became known as the Buddha , is said to have attained enlightenment or buddhahood circa 500 BCE under ...

  3. Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi - Wikipedia

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    In doing so, the tree also gained a venerated status. It became known as the Bodhi tree, and pilgrims came to see it even within the lifetime of the Buddha. Later, in 236 BC, the Buddhist nun Sanghamitta Maha Theri was sent by Emperor Asoka from India to Sri Lanka. With her, she carried a southern branch of the original sacred fig.

  4. Bodh Gaya - Wikipedia

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    Bodh Gayā is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple complex, situated in the Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.It is famous for being the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment (Pali: bodhi) under what became known as the Bodhi Tree. [2]

  5. FarmVille Unreleased Bodhi Tree - AOL

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    A new unreleased tree, the Bodhi Tree, is suspected to be part of the FarmVille "Far East" collection. This sacred fig tree is best known for its importance in Buddhism. Buddhist founder ...

  6. Ficus religiosa - Wikipedia

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    The Bodhi Tree at the Mahabodhi Temple was propagated from the Sri Maha Bodhi, which in turn was propagated from the original Bodhi Tree at this location. In Theravada Buddhist Southeast Asia, the tree's massive trunk is often the site of Buddhist or animist shrines. Not all Ficus religiosa are ordinarily called a Bodhi Tree. A true Bodhi Tree ...

  7. Cetiya - Wikipedia

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    The most common paribhogaka is the Bodhi Tree, [1] which was transplanted across Southeast Asia; cuttings of the original bodhi tree still survive today in Sri Lanka. A Buddha footprint, showing the Buddhist wheel and a larger-than-life foot

  8. Vajrasana, Bodh Gaya - Wikipedia

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    The Vajrasana in the early 20th century. The Vajrasana, together with the remnants of the ancient temple built by Ashoka, was excavated by archaeologist Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893), who published his discovery and related research of the Mahabodhi Temple in his 1892 book Mahâbodhi, or the great Buddhist temple under the Bodhi tree at Buddha-Gaya.

  9. Atamasthana - Wikipedia

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    Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is said to be a sapling from the historical Bodhi tree under which Buddha became enlightened. It was planted in 288 BC and is said to be the southern branch of the Sri Maha Bodhi Bodhgaya India, also the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting ...