CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Siddhartha Gautama wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a Peepal tree till he got enlightenment . After seven days of enlightenment, he renamed the ‘Bodhi Tree ’ and began to teach and to share his new understanding and came to be known as the Buddha.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tree under which Buddha sat, became enshrined in history as the Peepal tree.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fig tree became known as the bodhi tree because the Buddha reached enlightenment (bodhi) after meditating beneath one such tree for 49 days. A handsome couple stands opposite the Buddha, gesturing him towards the grass covered seat beneath the bodhi tree.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment (bodhi) while meditating underneath a Ficus religiosa. According to Buddhist texts, the Buddha meditated without moving from his seat for seven weeks (49 days) under this tree.

Detailed explanation-5: -This extraordinary place-Bodh Gaya-is understood to be the site of the enlightenment, or “great awakening” (Sanskrit, mahabodhi), of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. It was here that Siddhartha Gautama sat in meditation under the Bodhi tree, having renounced his princely life to wander and practice asceticism.