Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Wisdom-Tree
The collection sends the Bodhisattva towards a Wisdom-tree associated with the awakenings of earlier Buddhas. Flags mark the way, and birds, animals and divine beings accompany his approach. After Mara’s defeat he remains seated beneath it while insight unfolds through the night. The tree continues as an object of his attentive gaze during the days following awakening.
Also known as Bodhi tree · Bo-tree
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Principal account
TraditionalThe collection sends the Bodhisattva towards a Wisdom-tree associated with the awakenings of earlier Buddhas. Flags mark the way, and birds, animals and divine beings accompany his approach.
Further detail
TraditionalAfter Mara’s defeat he remains seated beneath it while insight unfolds through the night. The tree continues as an object of his attentive gaze during the days following awakening.
Context & interpretation
The entry concerns the enlightenment tree as presented in the collection, which also calls it a bo-tree. It does not identify a particular surviving specimen or treat the narrative as a botanical conservation history.
Original passages
Source 1
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
previous Buddhas had attained enlightenmentOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), active reader leaf 325
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0109-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0109-E001-P0325
- Original scan leaf
- 325
- Recorded leaf number
- 325
- Current Reader position
- 316
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Source 2
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
he fixed his gaze on the Wisdom-treeOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), active reader leaf 329
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0109-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0109-E001-P0329
- Original scan leaf
- 329
- Recorded leaf number
- 329
- Current Reader position
- 320
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed