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बुद्ध

/buddha/Roman

English meaning: Buddha

Nepali Definition

(नेपाली)

सिद्धार्थ गौतम बुद्धले नेपालको लुम्बिनीमा जन्म लिएका थिए र बोधगयामा ज्ञान प्राप्त गरेपछि 'बुद्ध' (ज्ञान प्राप्त गर्ने व्यक्ति) भनिए। उनले बौद्ध धर्मको स्थापना गरे जुन विश्वका प्रमुख धर्महरूमध्ये एक हो।

English Definition

Siddhartha Gautama, who attained enlightenment and became the Buddha ('the awakened one'), the founder of Buddhism, born in Lumbini, Nepal.

Example

बुद्धको जन्मस्थल लुम्बिनी नेपालमा छ।

In English: The birthplace of Buddha, Lumbini, is in Nepal.

Synonyms

  • तथागत
  • गौतम

Literary Heritage

जो साँचो हो सोही भन्नु, जो मिठो लाग्यो सोही गर्नु

/Jo saancho ho sohi bhannu, jo mitho lagyo sohi garnu/

Speak what is true; do what feels right.

Bhanubhakta Acharya · Aadikavi (First Poet) of Nepali · 1814–1868

Nepali Ramayana

Bhanubhakta's guiding principle — he made Sanskrit epics accessible to common Nepali people

म पागल छु जो नदेखेको देख्छु

/Ma pagal chhu jo nadekeko dekchhu/

I am mad — for I see what others cannot see.

Laxmi Prasad Devkota · Mahakavi (Great Poet) of Nepal · 1909–1959

Pagal (The Madman)

Devkota's Pagal — a visionary's manifesto on sensitivity, imagination, and empathy

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नेपाली
Nepali
Script
Devanagari
Family
Indo-Aryan
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