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buddha
/ˈbudə/
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What does buddha mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Buddha.
- (slang) Marijuana.
- Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (figuratively) Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.
- A statue or image of any Buddha.
proper noun
- Siddhartha Gautama, ancient Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbudə/
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In Ceylon, there stands at the present time a tree which we are told is still worshipped by every follower of Buddha.
Thus it was that, by virtue of the infallibility vouchsafed to the papacy in matters of faith and morals, Buddha became a Christian saint.
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Some of the Zen even became iconoclastic as a result of their endeavor to recognise the Buddha in themselves rather than through images and symbolism.
When opened, this disclosed the largest emerald known, carved into the shape of a Buddha, and this emerald Buddha held the tooth in his hand.
Amid picturesque and disordered fragments of a hundred ages, in a great carven chair placed before a towering statue of the Buddha, sat a hand-cuffed man.