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Buddha

[ boo-duh, bood-uh ]

noun

  1. Prince Siddhāttha or Siddhartha, 566?–c480 b.c., Indian religious leader: founder of Buddhism. Also called ܳ· [boot, -soo, boot, -, boo, -ts, oo],.
  2. any of a series of teachers in Buddhism, of whom Gautama was the last, who bring enlightenment and wisdom.
  3. (sometimes lowercase) Buddhism. a person who has attained full prajna, or enlightenment; Arhat.


buddha

1

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. Buddhism often capital a person who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
  2. an image or picture of the Buddha
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Buddha

2

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. the Buddha
    ?563–483 bc , a title applied to Gautama Siddhartha, a nobleman and religious teacher of N India, regarded by his followers as the most recent rediscoverer of the path to enlightenment: the founder of Buddhism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Buddha1

First recorded in 1675–85; from Sanskrit: “awakened” ( budh- “awaken, notice, understand” + -ta past participle suffix)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Buddha1

C17: from Sanskrit: awakened, enlightened, from budh to awake, know
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“When I saw the Buddha after the fire, I started crying and knew that she would be the centerpiece at the showcase house,” she said.

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But Ginsberg cautioned that dehumanization “didn't propose a compassion or tenderness or mutual involvement or Buddha nature as an alternative. It proposed a complete annihilating void and nothingness.”

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