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Bud⋅dha
[boo-duh, boo
d-uh]
–noun
| 1. | Also called Butsu, Gautama, Gautama Buddha. (Prince Siddhāttha or Siddhartha ) 566?–c480 b.c., Indian religious leader: founder of Buddhism. |
| 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. |
Origin:
1675–85; < Skt: awakened (budh- awaken, notice, understand + -ta ptp. suffix)
1675–85; < Skt: awakened (budh- awaken, notice, understand + -ta ptp. suffix)

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Buddha
Bud"dha\, n. [Skr. buddha wise, sage, fr. budh to know.] The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Buddha
1681, from Pali, lit. "awakened, enlightened," pp. of budh "to awake, know, perceive," related to Skt. bodhati "is awake, observes, understands." Title given by his adherents to the man who taught this path, Siddhartha Gautama, also known to them as Sakyamuni "Sage of the Sakyas" (his family clan), who lived in northern India 5c. B.C.E. Buddhist, Buddhism first recorded 1801.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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