Pipal This charming engraving of a giant pipal (sacred banyan fig tree or bhoti tree) is from E. Guerin's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle et des Phenomenes de la Nature. It was while meditating under a pipal, a species native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, southwest China and Indochina, that Buddha is said to have achieved enlightenment.; G2575; Guerin; Paris / 1835; 11" x 7"; full color; overall age-toning; 7 x 9 1/4" (image); 12 3/4" x 18 1/2" (overall sheet)

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