Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.797

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**Bodhirukka.**—The generic name given to the tree under which a Buddha attains Enlightenment.¹ The tree is different in the case of each Buddha. Thus, for **Gotama** and also for **Kondañña** it was an *asvattha*; for **Dīpaṅkara** a *sirīsa*; for **Maṅgala**, **Sumana**, **Revata** and **Sobhita** a *nāga*; for **Anomadassī** an *ajjuna*; for **Paduma** and **Nārada** a *mahāsoṇa*; for **Padumuttara** a *salala*; for **Sumedha** a *nimba*; for **Sujāta** a *bamboo*; for **Piyadassī** a *kakudha*; for **Atthadassī** a *campaka*; for **Dhammadassī** a *bimbajāla*; for **Siddhattha** a *kaṇikāra*; for **Tissa** an *asana*; for **Phussa** an *āmuṇḍa*; for **Vipassī** a *pāṭalī*; for **Sikhī** a *puṇḍarīka*; for **Vessabhū** a *sāla*; for **Kakusandha** a *sirīsa*; for **Koṇāgama** an *udumbara*; for **Kassapa** a *banyan*.² The site of the Bodhi-tree is the same for all Buddhas,³ and it forms the navel of the earth⁴ (*puthuvinābhi*). No other place can support the weight of the Buddha's attainment.⁵