Pāli Dictionary

buddha

budhroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

budh3to know; to wake up

Literal

awakened; one who has woken up

Synonyms

sambuddha

doctrine

  • the Buddha; the Awakened One; one who has attained full enlightenment by himself

  • Kp 1

    buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

general

  • awakened; having understood; woken up (past participle)

  • Snp 3.7

    abhiññeyyaṃ abhiññātaṃ, bhāvetabbañca bhāvitaṃ … tasmā buddhosmi brāhmaṇa

buḍḍha

approximate

vaḍḍhroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vaḍḍh1grow; increase

general

  • aged; old

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Buddha
Person

  • A generic epithet, not a proper name, given to one who has attained full enlightenment through direct knowledge of the Dhamma.

Buddha2
Person

  • A king who lived forty-one world-cycles ago, a former birth of the elder Vacchapāla, also called Pāyāsadāyaka.

Buddha3
Person

  • A minister of King Mahinda V of Sri Lanka who, together with the minister Kitti, defeated the Coḷa army at Paluṭṭhagiri and was rewarded with his native village.

Buddha4
Person

  • A general of King Parākramabāhu I bearing the title Kesadhātu, who inflicted a severe defeat on Mānābharaṇa at Pūnagāmatittha.

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