[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c6.548 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.548 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.548 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.548](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.548) Several etymologies are suggested for the name: (\*a\*) in its shadow goatherds (\*ajapālā\*) rest; (\*b\*) old brahmins, incapable of reciting the Vedas, live here in dwellings protected by walls and ramparts (this derivation being as follows: \*na japanti ti = ajapā, mantānaṃ anajjhāyakā = ajapā, ālenti arīyanti nivāsaṃ etthāti = Ajapālo ti\*); (\*c\*) it shelters the goats that seek its shade at midday.¹¹ The northern Buddhists say that the tree was planted by a shepherd boy, during the Bodhisatta’s six years’ penance, to shelter him.¹² - [Previous: v1.c6.547](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.547) - [Next: v1.c6.549](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.549) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.548](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.548) · Pramāṇa