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Bud⋅dhism
[boo-diz-uh
m, bood-iz-] 
–noun
| a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject. |
Related forms:
Buddhist, noun, adjective
Bud⋅dhis⋅tic, Bud⋅dhis⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
Bud⋅dhis⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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| Bud·dhism (bōō'dĭz'əm, bŏŏd'ĭz'-) n.
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Buddhist
Bud"dhist\, n. One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.Buddhist
Bud"dhist\, a. Of or pertaining to Buddha, Buddhism, or the Buddhists.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : buddhist
Spanish:
budista,
German:
der Buddhist,
Japanese:
仏教徒
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