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Definition of Pipul
1. Noun. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists.
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree
Definition of Pipul
1. pipal [n -S] - See also: pipal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipul
Literary usage of Pipul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land of Idols: Or, Talks with Young People about India by John J. Pool (1894)
"Bishop Heber had another adventure in connection with pipul trees. It appears
that these trees are held in such veneration that they are never injured, ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... pipul, . TEL. This plant is extensively cultivated, but it grows wild on the
banks of streams in the С ¡rear mountains, S. Konkan, Bengal, Sylhet, ..."
3. Chow-chow: Being Selections from a Journal Kept in India, Egypt, and Syria by Amelia Fitz Clarence Cary Falkland (1857)
"Here and there the foliage of palms, and other trees, particularly that of the
pipul, mingles with the houses. From the branches of the last-named tree hang ..."
4. A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Compiled edited by Royal Geographical Society Great Britain (1856)
"pipul, a village of the Punjab, 60 m. NE of Dera-Ismail-Khan, about 5 m. E of
the Indus. PIPRIAC, a town of France, in the dep. of the Ille-et-Vilaine, ..."
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