A religion founded in ancient India by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), which teaches that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification.
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Shared component: buddh · buddha
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesA person who believes in or follows the religion of Buddhism.
buddh+ist
Shared component: buddh · buddha