Buddha

Japanese: buddha
Buddha

…It is an abbreviation of the Sanskrit transliteration of buddha, and together with the word tathagata, it is a universal term referring to the Buddha. Therefore, the teachings of the Buddha are Buddhism, and the statues of the Buddha are Buddhist statues.

From [Buddha]

…It is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word buddha, which means "the enlightened one." It has also been transliterated as futo or futo, and is also abbreviated to butsu.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "buddha" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…サンスクリットbuddhaの音訳〈仏陀〉の略語で,〈如来〉の語とともに仏陀を指す普遍的な用語である。したがって仏陀の教説が仏教であり,仏陀の像が仏像である。…

【仏陀】より

…〈悟った者〉を意味するサンスクリットのブッダbuddhaの音訳。浮図(ふと),浮屠(ふと)と音訳されたこともあり,仏(ぶつ)とも略称される。…

※「buddha」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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