Botosani

BOTOSANI, a town of Rumania, capital of the department of the same name ; on a small tributary of the River Jijia, and in one of the richest agricultural and pastoral regions of the north Mol davian hills. Pop. (1930) Botosani lies on a branch rail way between Dorohoi and the main line from Czernowitz to Galatz, and does a considerable transit trade. It has extensive starch and flour mills ; and its flour is highly prized in Rumania, besides being largely exported to Turkey and the United King dom. Botosani owes its name to the Mongol chief, Batu Khan, grandson of Jenghiz Khan, who occupied the country in the 13th century. There are large colonies of Armenians and Jews.

BO-TREE

or BODHI-TREE, the name given by the Budd hists of India and Ceylon to the Pipul or sacred wild fig (Ficus religiosa). It was a tree of this species beneath which the Buddha is traditionally supposed to have attained perfect knowledge. The Bo-tree at the ruined city of Anuradhapura, 8om. N. of Kandy, grown from a branch of the parent tree sent to Ceylon from India by King Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., is still wor shipped by pilgrims who come long distances to revere it. Usually a bo-tree is planted on the graves of the Kandy monks.