As a deity name
Name 15 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 243 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 472 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 742 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
बुद्ध · buddha · s.m.
Any wise or learned man, a sage — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 141
बुद्ध · masculine
Buddha, the enlightened one
Śabdasāgara also records: जो जगा हुआ हो । जागरित · ज्ञानवान्
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बुद्ध — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddhá). Doublet of बुत (but).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
buddha buddhi. See cols. 2 and 3.
buddha mfn. awakened, awake, MBh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a fully enlightened man who has achieved perfect knowledge of the truth and thereby is liberated from all existence and before his own attainment of Nirvāṇa reveals the method of o…
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buddha buddhi. See cols. 2 and 3.
buddha mfn. awakened, awake, MBh.
expanded, blown, SāmavBr.
conscious, intelligent, clever, wise (opp. to mūḍha), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
learnt, known, understood, Āpast.; MBh. (‘by’, usually instr., but also gen. according to Pāṇ. ii, 2, 12; 3, 67, Sch.)
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