[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) › v2.c29.797 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.797 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.797 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.797](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.797) \*\*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 - [Previous: v2.c29.796](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.796) - [Next: v2.c29.798](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.798) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.797](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.797) · Pramāṇa