Buddha

Definition

Any other person considered similarly enlightened.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Distantly related to English bid and bede. Also cognate with Proto-Slavic *buditi (“to wake up”).

Example Sentences

• "At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does."
• "“Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower - “Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.”"
• "There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century."