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Buddha1 definition

Bud·dha (bo̵̅o̅də, bo̵odə)

noun

a statue or image of Buddha
Buddha2 definition

Bud·dha (bo̵̅o̅də, bo̵odə)

Siddhartha Gautama, religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India 563?-483? and was the founder of Buddhism: the name is a title applied by Buddhists to someone regarded as embodying divine wisdom and virtue

Etymology: Sans, the enlightened one; pp. of budh, to awake, know < IE base *bheudh-: see bid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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