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Example sentences for "banyan tree"

  • Presently they sat down in the shade of a banyan tree by the side of a road and along the road came a Raja's wedding procession; when Kara and Guja saw this they climbed into the tree and took the tiger's paunch up with them.

  • But again the Raja's son went out to the south-west and there he saw golden monkeys dancing under a banyan tree, and when he saw them he became a golden monkey; again the snake maiden brought him back and restored him to human shape.

  • So the Brahmin and the Tiger walked on till they came to a Banyan tree; and the Brahmin said to it, "Banyan tree, Banyan tree, hear and give judgment.

  • One nest was observed on March 8 in a banyan tree.

  • On April 3, a nest was found in a banyan tree approximately 25 feet above the ground in a hollow limb.

  • On June 2 a nest was found by Muennink in a cavity of a banyan tree at Oca Point, Guam.

  • Yet we read of the Yaka Alawaka, who, according to the Buddhist legend, used to live in a Banyan tree, and slay any one who approached it; while in Ceylon they are represented as demons whom Buddha destroyed.

  • Among the latter may be mentioned the Kulhariya from kulhari, an axe, and the Barmaiya from the bar or banyan tree; members of these septs pay reverence to an axe and a banyan tree respectively at weddings.

  • The Bargaiyan are really called after a village Bargaon, but they connect their name with the bar or banyan tree, and revere it.

  • At other times they will not pluck a leaf or a branch from a banyan tree or even go beneath its shade.

  • The Bharias are well-known thieves, and they say that the dark spots on the moon are caused by a banyan tree, which God planted with the object of diminishing her light and giving thieves a chance to ply their trade.

  • The name Badnagrya is also really territorial, being derived from the town of Badnagar, but the members of the section connect it with the bad or banyan tree, the leaves of which they refrain from eating.

  • Under the wide branches of a banyan tree I made my men stop, for I was very tired, and while they waited I lay down for an hour on the grass and had a refreshing sleep.

  • At an inn, under the branches of a banyan tree, we sat down and had a cup of tea.

  • The fort of Manyuen is outside the town, and some little distance beyond it the dry creek bends into the pathway at a point where it is bordered with cactus and overshadowed by a banyan tree.

  • So the Brahman and the Tiger walked on till they came to a Banyan tree; and the Brahman said to it: "Banyan Tree, Banyan Tree, hear and give judgment.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after long; banyan tree; better look; commenced operations; consisting principally; done about; finally decided; full year; give lessons; half parts; having regard; heard them; over whom; really cannot; she looked; studded sword; superstructure icing; then only; under the firm name; would ever; young maiden; zinc sulphate