Buddha

[boo-duh, bood-uh]

noun

1. Also called Gautama. Also called Butsu. Also called Goutama Buddha. Also called Goutama. Also called 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),  a person who has attained full prajna, or enlightenment; Arhat.

buddha

¹

/ ˈbʊdə /

noun

1. Buddhism (often capital) a person who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

2. an image or picture of the Buddha

Buddha

²

/ ˈbʊdə /

noun

1. ?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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Buddha¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Buddha¹

C17: from Sanskrit: awakened, enlightened, from budh to awake, know

Example Sentences

And in Taxila, a place “where intellectual and artistic freedoms met with a merging of multicultural ideas and expressions,” imported Greek art inspired the now-familiar depiction of the Buddha.

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Since then, the couple have lived in a single-story Ojai home for 33 years, filling it with memories and mementos, including several Buddha statues from their travels.

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"Are the relics of the Buddha a commodity that can be treated like a work of art to be sold on the market?"

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Siddhartha Gautama is accepted by most scholars as the historical figure Shakyamuni Buddha, or sage of the Shakya clan, who was born in Nepal and lived in India around the 5th century BCE.

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Others turn the prayer wheels excitedly and ask about the rich, colourful murals depicting scenes from the Buddha's life.

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