Buddha
['budə]
Definition
(noun.) founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC).
(noun.) one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment.
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Definition
(n.) The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.
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Definition
n. an epithet applied to Sakyamuni or Gautama the founder of the Buddhist religion.—ns. Bud′dhism the religion founded by Buddha; Bud′dhist a believer in Buddhism.—adjs. Buddhist′ic Bud′dhist pertaining to Buddhism.—Esoteric Buddhism (see Theosophy).
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Examples
- Buddhism, however, he did not name, probably because he had never heard of Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We must remember that in the time of Buddha it is doubtful if even the Iliad had been committed to writing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Zoroaster (the Greek spelling of the Iranian, Zarathustra), like Buddha, was an Aryan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The teaching of history, as we are unfolding it in this book, is strictly in accordance with this teaching of Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Isis, we are told, is no longer Isis but Hariti, a pestilence goddess whom Buddha converted and made benevolent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The shadow of the times fell upon him, and, like Buddha, he took to the religious life and at first set no limit to his austerities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of course it was impossible to believe that Buddha was the son of a mortal father. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the time of Buddha it is doubtful if there were reading and writing in India; now reading and writing were quite common accomplishments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- According to Indian belief there have been many such Buddhas; Gautama Buddha is only the latest one of a series. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The caste system Yuan Chwang found fully established in spite of Buddha, and the Brahmins were now altogether in the ascendant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When he had at last convinced them that he was now enlightened, they hailed him as the Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In his discourses he never called himself the Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is what we have already done in the case of Buddha, and what we shall do later with Muhammad. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He would find that most ancient type of human ruler, a god-king, enthroned, the Dalai Lama, the living Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already tried to imagine Gautama Buddha returning to Tibet, and his amazement at the worship of his own image in Lhassa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was an undying Spirit of all the Buddhas; there was a great series of Buddhas past and Buddhas (or Buddisatvas) yet to come. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- According to Indian belief there have been many such Buddhas; Gautama Buddha is only the latest one of a series. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was one of a series of divine beings, the Buddhas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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