Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa)
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Peepul Tree and Fruit
***** Location: India
***** Season: All Summer
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Pipal, Peepul, Peepal or Bo tree (Ficus religiosa)
Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa), a native tree of India, held sacred by the Buddhists, who believe that Gautama Buddha received enlightenment under a Bo tree at Bodh Gaya.
The Bo tree attains great size and age; the leaves, which hang from long, flexible petioles, rustle in the slightest breeze.
Pipal is also spelled peepul or pipul. All parts of the Pipal tree, including roots, bark, leaf and fruit, are useful. The botanical classification of the Bo tree is:
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Urticales
Family: Moraceae.
Description of the Plant: Large tree. Flower color red. Flowers in February. Fruits in May / June. Widely found in uplands and plain area.
Plant Parts Used: Root / Bark / Leaf / Fruit.
© http://www.haryana-online.com/Flora/pipal.htm
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Bodh Gaya was the place, under the pipal or Bo tree, where the Buddha was enlightened after practising meditation for several years.
Nirvana Ceremony (Nehan-E 涅槃会)
a kigo in Japan
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Worldwide use
Japan
figs, ichijiku 無花果
kigo for late autumn
118 Japanese haiku about the fig, ichijiku !!!
Fig called "Chinese Persimmon" toogaki 唐柿 とうがき
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Japanese sweet with figs, hororoishi ほろろいし
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BONSAI
Willow Leaf Fig (Ficus salicifolia)
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Turkey
Fig, Figs, Ficus carica
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
smoldering heat
the peepul tree covered
with suspended gold plates
Kala Ramesh, India, September 2006
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Buddha meditating
under great Peepul tree
sheltering each other
Aju Mukhopadhyay, India, October 2006
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autumn leaves
a million sunsets
in my ficus
Vidur Jyoti, India, October 2007
sudden shower
whole sky in a puddle
under the peepal
sacred thread
going around the peepal
her shadow
Vidur Jyoti, India, November 2007
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Related words
***** Banyan Tree, Barh (Ficus bengalensis)
Banyan is viewed by Hindus as the male plant to the closely related peepul or bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa).
WKD : Banyan Tree
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posted by Gabi Greve @ 4/09/2006
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FIGS in TURKEY
scent of fresh figs
from the kitchen
canning for the winter
kigo info:
very briefly and superficially: the three holy months are Rajab, shaban and Ramazan, and Ramazan is the month of fasting, the month of the revelation of Quran, the complete fulfilment of all of God's promises to Adam. In these three months all thoughts of conflict are strictly forbidden.
Rajab commemorates the beginning of Mohammed's life on earth(Ragaib) as well as his ascension to heaven(Miraj) and the special gift to him of the five times a day special prayers people can make, and the 15th of Shaban commemorates all of God's mercies and gifts and benefactions.
The holiest night of the year, the Night of Power is hidden somewhere during Ramazan.
Usually it is honored on the 27th of Ramazan. Today happens to be the 6th of Shaban.
The end of August is when ripe fresh figs appear in the markets. The first to appear are the deep dark purple almost black figs. Later the light yellow figs appear. Tomatoes in August are the best during the year. Melons (kavun) in Turkey in august are indescribable. Yellow on the outside and pale lovely green inside.
Watermelons (karpus) are heavy and ripe, but not so big as US of A.
august watermelons, but a whole lot sweeter.
isa in istanbul
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworkshop/message/58977
village maids
gather setting sun
under the peepal
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wrinkled dreams
crow's feet near his eyes
peepal bark
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Dr. Vidur Jyoti
WHC india
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rainy day
people on their hunches under a peepul
sipping tea
Manu Kant
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