Buddas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βούδδας (Boúddas, Buddha), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Būddās m sg (genitive Būddae); first declension

  1. (Buddhism) the Buddha (founder of Buddhism)
    • 392 CE, Jerome, Against Jovinianus 1,42:
      Apud Gymnosophistas Indiae, quasi per manus huius opinionis auctoritas traditur, quod Buddam principem dogmatis eorum, e latere suo virgo generarit.
    • 290 CE – 364 CE, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Justinum Manichaeum Contra Duo Principia Manichaeorum VII:
      Iam vidistine ergo quot Manis, Zoradis, aut Buddas haec docendo deceperint?

Declension

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