Buddha
noun/ˈbʊdə/
/ˈbuːdə/, /ˈbʊdə/
- (also the Buddha)[singular] a title given to Siddhartha Gautama, the person on whose teachings the Buddhist religion is basedTopics Religion and festivalsc1
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- [countable] a statue or picture of the BuddhaTopics Religion and festivalsc2
- [countable] a person who has achieved enlightenment (= spiritual knowledge) in BuddhismTopics Religion and festivalsc2
Word OriginSanskrit, literally ‘enlightened’, past participle of budh ‘know’.
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