budDa budDi . See cols. 2 and 3.
budDa p. p. [ buD-kta ] 1 Known, understood, perceived. 2 Awakened, awake. 3 Observed. 4 Enlightened, wise; (see buD ). — dDaH 1 A wise or learned man, a sage. 2 (With Buddhists) A wise or enlightened person who, by perfect knowledge of the truth, is absolved from all existence, and who reveals to the world the method of obtaining the Nirvāṇa or final emancipation before obtaining it himself. 3 ‘The enlightened’, N. of Śākyasiṃha, the celebrated founder of the Bauddha religion; (he is said to have been born at Kapilavastu and to have died in 543 B. c.; he is sometimes regarded as the ninth incarnation of Viṣṇu; thus Jayadeva says: - niMdasi yajYaviDerahaha SrutijAtaM sadayahfdaya dArSitapaSuGAtaM keSava DftabudDaSarIra jaya jagadISa hare Gīt. 1 ). — dDaM Knowledge. Comp. — AgamaH the doctrines and tenets of the Bauddha religion. — upAsakaH a worshipper of Buddha. — gayA N. of a sacred place of pilgrimage. — guruH a Buddhist spiritual teacher. — mArgaH the doctrines and tenets of Buddha, Buddhism.