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sumedho

sumedha

masc nom sg of sumedha (adj); masc nom sg of sumedha (noun)

1. wise; sage
2. wise man; sage
3. name of the ascetic who eventually became the Buddha Gotama
4. name of the 14th previous Buddha; lit. good wisdom

Etymology. su + √medh + ā + a; from √medh 'be wise'; Sanskrit sumedhas [medhā]

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

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