Gautama Buddha

[boo-duh, bood-uh]

Bud·dha

[boo-duh, bood-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; < Sanskrit: awakened (budh- awaken, notice, understand + -ta past participle suffix)

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Gau·ta·ma

[gaw-tuh-muh, gou-]
noun
Buddha (def. 1).
Also, Gotama.
Also called Gautama Buddha.
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gautama buddha

noun
founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC) [syn: Buddha
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