Definitions for Buddha

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Buddha Bud·dha

Spelling: [boo-duh, boo d-uh

IPA: /ˈbu də, ˈbʊd ə/

Buddha is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in Buddha (abddhu).

Definitions for Buddha

noun

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

Origin of Buddha

1675-85; Sanskrit: awakened (budh- awaken, notice, understand + -ta past participle suffix)

Examples for Buddha

“My children are traumatised,” Than Dar told a group of reporters in front a large reclining Buddha.

This time it was the old Buddha of the Radiance of the Light.

In the course of time he gained the hidden knowledge and was called Buddha.

It was the first time I witnessed his balanced mix of strength and kindness, or what could be dubbed his “Buddha nature.”

He so much embodied the ancient teachings of the Buddha, yet insisted on a completely inclusive, secular, contemporary approach.

The followers of Buddha and the Brahmins were in direct conflict.

In heaven, on earth and in the Nether World only the gospel of Buddha has no limits.

This is one of the meanings of the famous Zen koan, “If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him.”

Not till he had promised all this did the Buddha let him out of the pagoda again.

But the Buddha condemned both extreme luxury and extreme poverty as obstacles to enlightenment.