The Bodhi Tree (Bodhivṛkṣa) The Bodhi Tree (Sanskrit: bodhivṛkṣa, बोधिवृक्ष; Pali: bodhirukkha)—also called the Bo tree or sacred fig—refers to the Ficus religiosa at Bodh Gaya, India, under which Siddhārtha Gautama is held to have attained awakening (bodhi). In Buddhist sources and later usage, “Bodhi tree” also names ritually propagated descendants planted at pilgrimage sites […]
