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buddhe

buddha

masc acc pl of buddha (noun); masc loc sg of buddha (noun); masc acc pl of buddha (pp); nt acc pl of buddha (pp); …

1. Buddha; Awakened One
2. awakened; woke up; understood

Built from

• budh — root · wake, understand
  The root sense is awareness arising from stillness. Related to Indo-European *bheudh- (lie, wait, remain); English "bed" shares the root imagery of lying still.
• a — ending · past participle
  The suffix -a forms the masculine nominative singular of past participles; here in accusative plural -e (from -ā) or locative singular -e (from -i with sandhi). Marks the action as complete, hence "the awakened one".

Etymology. Past participle of √budh "to wake, understand" (Sanskrit bodh-, related to English "bed" as the place where one lies down, and "bode" in its obsolete sense "to wait, remain"; the root sense is "to become aware", from lying still and noticing). In the Suttas, buddha denotes one who has awakened to the Four Noble Truths through direct insight, not from instruction. Used as a noun title for Gautama and others; as an adjective in compounds like buddha-sāsana "the Buddha's teaching".

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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