Plaksa is a Sanskrit term for the Sacred Fig . In Hindu texts the Plaksa tree is associated with the river Saraswati .The Skanda Purana states that the Saraswati originats from the water pot of Brahma and flows from Plaska on the Himalayas .Historically the pipal tree has a lot of significance and has been depicted in numerous context .The inscriptions of pipal tree has been found in the seals excavated from the Indus Valley . In Buddhism the pipal tree has a lot of relevance . The Bodhi tree and the Sri Maha Bodhi propagated from it are famous specimens of Sacred Fig.The Bodhi tree located at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya is a large and old specimen of the Sacred Fig under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism later known as Gautama Buddha, arrived at Bodhi. |