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Buddha|ˈbʊdə, ˈbʊdha|
Also 7–8 Buddou, 9 Booddha, Bhooddha, Boudhou, Budh, Buddh, Buddho.
[a. Skr. buddha enlightened, awakened, pa. pple. of budh to awake, know, perceive.]
The title given by the adherents of one of the great Asiatic religions, thence called Buddhism, to the founder of their faith, Ṣākyamuni, Gautama, or Siddārtha, who flourished in Northern India in the 5th century b.c. Ṣākyamuni is regarded as only the latest of a series of Buddhas or infallible religious teachers, which is hereafter to be continued indefinitely.
When applied to Ṣākyamuni, Buddha is in English use treated as a proper name, and even when used in a general sense, it is always written with a capital B.
1681R. Knox Hist. Ceylon 18 The Buddou, a great god among them. 1784Sir W. Chambers in Asiat. Res. (1799) I. 163 The Siamese have two orders of priests, and so have the worshippers of Buddou. 1803Mahony in Asiat. Res. VII. 32 This last Bhooddha will be born of a Braminee woman. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 87 With the acquiescence of..the priests of Buddha. Ibid. III. 50 Relics of the four last Buddhas. 1853Wayland Mem. Judson App. II. 410 A Buddh is a being who by virtue of..certain austerities becomes the object of supreme adoration. 1858Max Müller Chips (1880) I. ii. 51 The first subjective system of faith in India, the religion of Buddha.
attrib.1784Sir W. Chambers in Asiat. Res. (1799) I. 163 Knox says of the Buddou Priests, etc. 1801Joinville in Asiat. Res. VII. 421 Some prince on the continent, professing the Boudhou religion.
Hence Buddhahood, the condition of a Buddha; Buddhaship, the office of a Buddha.
1837G. Turnour Maháwanso I. xxviii, Prince Siddhattho attained Buddhohood, in the character of Gotamo Buddho. 1878Dods Moham., Buddha & C. iii. 147 Such then was the process by which Siddartha painfully won his way to Buddhahood. 1882Schaff Encycl. Rel. Knowl. I. 333 Gautama's Buddhaship was for five thousand years. |