[awakened-spread]; Buddha; Buddhist(s) etymology of sangs rgyas [awakened-spread] is one who has awakened (from the sleep of ignorance) and spread (his intellect to all objects of knowledge)
awakened being/ buddha(hood)
Buddha, 1) enlightenment, awakening, awakened being/ buddha(hood); enlightened being, the awakened stated. 2) enlightened, awakened, purified and perfected, awakened perfection, purified unfoldment. awakened one; buddha Def. by Jamgön Kongtrül: {sangs pa dang rgyas pa gnyis ka la 'jug pas sangs rgyas zhes brjod pa}; one, such as Shakyamuni, who has purified obscurations {sangs} and developed pristine cognition {rgyas}
buddhahood. The perfect and complete enlightenment dwelling in neither samsara nor nirvana; the state of having eradicated all obscurations, endowed with the wisdom of seeing the nature of things as it is and with the wisdom of perceiving all that exists
<person> Buddhā
<place> Awakened
<term> awakened, awakened one, buddha