bud3+ (bud)

[Appar. a var. of bode, an offer, ult. bud4 (bud). Same as bood, preterit and past participle of behoove. [Scotch.] bud-cell (bud's el), n, In bot., a lateral cell produced upon the proembryo of some of the higher cryptogams, as in the Characeæ, from which the perfect plant is developed. Sometimes called the bud - rudiment. budded (bud'ed), p. a. In her., same as bottony. Buddha (bö'da), n. [Skt [Skt., lit. 'the Enlightened,' pp. (for * budhta ) of √ budh for * bhudh, be awake, come to consciousne , notice, understand, etc., = Gr. ✓ * πυθ for * φυθ in πυθέσθαι, find out, prob. = AS. beódan (pp. boden ), announce, offer, E. bid: see bid.] 1. An epithet, meaning the Wise or Enlightened One, applied to the historical founder of Buddhism (according to some in the eleventh century B. с., but more probably in the sixth century), regarded by the Buddhists as the fourth in a series of five me ianic Buddhas. He was an Indian prince of the Sakya tribe, and hence called Sakyamuni (the Sakya sage), the name preferred in China and Japan. His original name was Siddartha (literally, "the realization of all the meanings," that is, of the portents at his birth); that most used in Burma, Ceylon, etc., is Gautama or Gotama (literally, "most victorious"), the sacerdotal name of the Sakya tribe. 2. [l.c.] One who attains to perfect enlightenment such as that ascribed to the founder of Buddhism, and devotes his powers to the salva IMG:content-2688.png:[graphic] tion of mankind. Sometimes also Boodh , Boodha . Tree of Buddha, the bo-tree.