古代印度人将佛经书写于贝多树的叶子上，故以此语为佛经的代称。 唐．李商隐〈题僧壁〉诗：「若信贝多真实语，三生同听一楼钟。」
英语 pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras