Complete Definition of "Buddha"

see|buddha
English
Image:StandingBuddha.JPG|thumb|1st century CE sculpture of a Buddha

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�d�|-�d�

Noun
Buddha (plural: Buddhas)

  1. Shakyamuni Buddha, Indian spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddartha Gautama.
  2. Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures.
  3. An enlightened or awakened sentient being.
  4. A statue or image of any Buddha.

Alternative spellings
buddha (senses 2 and 3 only)

Derived terms
rfc-level|Derived terms at L4+ not in L3 POS section
Buddhahood
Buddhism
Buddhist

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ب�ذا (bú:ða) m
Bosnian: Buda#Bosnian|Buda m
Chinese: � (Fó), �� (Fótuó)
Danish: Buddha c
Dutch: Boeddha m
Esperanto: Budho
French: Bouddha m
German: Buddha m
Indonesian: Buddha
Japanese: �� (���, Butsuda; ���, Budda)
Hindi: ब�द�ध (Buddh)
Hungarian: Buddha
Korean: �� (bucheo)
Malay: Buddha
Polish: Budda m
mid
Portuguese: Buda m
Romanian: Buddha m
Russian: ��дда (Búdda) m
Sanskrit: ब�द�ध (Buddha) g|Sanskrit
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��да#Serbian|��да m
:Roman: Buda#Serbian|Buda m
Slovak: Budha m
Slovene: Buda m
Spanish: Buda m
Swedish: Buddha c
Thai: THchar|�ระ�ุ�����า (phr� Phūtth� jàò)
Tibetan: ས�ས�ར�ྱས� (sangs-rgyas; IPA|[sá����])
Ukrainian: ��дда (Búdda) m
Urdu: URchar|بدھ (Buddh)

Category:English words with optional capitalisation


Pali

Etymology
Sanskrit root budh from PIE *bheudho. Cognate with Russian б�ди�� (�to awaken�), Gothic biudan, English bid, German bieten (�to bid�), Bote (�apostle�).

Verb
Buddha

  1. awaken|Awakened, p.p. of the verb bujjhati, meaning �awakened�, �knowing�, �understanding�.

Category:Buddhism
Category:Pali language

la:Buddha
hu:Buddha
pl:Buddha
ru:Buddha

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