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buddha

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Buddha1 (adj.) [med. -- pass. pp. of bujjhati, cp. Epic Sk. buddha] (a) understood S i.35=60 (su -- dub -- buddha very difficult to understand). -- (b) having attained enlightenment, wise A iv.449; PvA 16 (buddh' ādayo), 60 (=ariya). Usually appld to the Bhagavant (Gotama) M i.386 (one of the adj. describing Gotama to Nigaṇṭha Nāthaputta); Sn 993. The true brāhmaṇa is buddha, e. g. Sn 622, 643, 646.