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men and animals worshipping a tree, that is the spirit residing in a tree. But on looking farther we
FIG. 44. -THE WISDOM TREE OF KASSAPA, THE BUDDHA,
[From Cunningham's Stupa of Bharhut. Pl. xxx.]
see that the tree has over it an inscription stating that it is “the Bodhi Tree, the tree of wisdom, of Kassapa the Exalted One." Every Buddha is sup
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar Umara, Sural
