The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bujjhati
Bujjhati [budh, y -- formation, corresp. to Sk. budhyate for the usual bodhate. The sense is that of a Med.,
but is also used as Act. with acc. of object, e. g. sacc!ni bujjhi he recognised the truths Vism 209. -- The
Dhtp (414) and Dhtm (652) explain budh by "avagamane" (understanding, see ogamana), Dhtm (242) also
by "bodhane" (awakening). Bdhgh's expln of the meaning is "kilesa -- sant!na -- nidd!ya u&&hahati catt!ri
v! ariyasacc!ni pa&ivijjhati Nibb!nam eva v! sacchikaroti" DhsA 217, cp. trsln at Expos. 294 "to rise from
the slumber of the continuum of the lower nature, or a penetrating the Ariyan Truths, or a realizing
Nibb!na"] to be awake, to be enlightened in (acc.), to perceive, to know, recognise, understand D ii.249; S
i.74, 198; Dh 136, 286; Th 1, 146; J iii.331; iv.49, 425; Miln 165, 348 (pot. bujjheyya); Dpvs i.14 (with
gen.) KhA 219 (so attho sukha' b.). 3rd pl. bujjhare Th 2, 453; Bu ii.183. imper. bujjhassu Bu ii.183.
fut. bujjhissati Bu ii.65; aor. abujjhi Bu ii.211, and bujjhi J iv.425; Vism 209; pret. 3rd sg. abujjhatha Bu
vii.22. -- ppr. bujjham!na Sn 395; Bu vii.22; DhA i.93. -- pp. buddha (q. v.). -- Caus. I. bodheti (q. v.). --
Caus. II. bujjh!peti to lead to knowledge or recognition J i.407. Two infinitives formed fr. bodh, but
belonging to budh are bodhu' J v.341, and boddhu' Th 1, 167.
Bujjhana
Bujjhana (nt.) [fr. budh] awakening, attaining to know- ledge, recognition Ps i.18; Miln 194; DA i.51.
Bujjhanaka
Bujjhanaka (adj.) [fr. bujjhana] endowed with know- ledge, having the elements of bodhi, being
enlightened DhsA 217.
Bujjhitar
Bujjhitar [n. ag. of bujjhati] one who becomes enlight- ened or recognises Nd1 457=Ps i.174=Vism 209
(bujjhit! sacc!ni, of the Buddha).
Bu..ha
Bu..ha [for vu..ha, pp. of v%dh, see va..hati] aged, old D ii.162; J i.164 (˚pabbajita one who has become
an ascetic in his old age). Compar. bu..hatara DhA ii.239 (v. l. K.B.S. vu..hatara).
Buddha
Buddha1 (adj.) [med. -- pass. pp. of bujjhati, cp. Epic Sk. buddha] (a) understood S i.35=60 (su -- dub --
buddha very difficult to understand). -- (b) having attained enlightenment, wise A iv.449; PvA 16 (buddh'
!dayo), 60 (= ariya). Usually appld to the Bhagavant (Gotama) M i.386 (one of the adj. describing Gotama
to Niga*&ha N!thaputta); Sn 993. The true br!hma*a is buddha, e. g. Sn 622, 643, 646.
Buddha
Buddha2 [=buddha1] A. one who has attained enlighten- ment; a man superior to all other beings, human &
divine, by his knowledge of the truth, a Buddha. At A ii.38 the Buddha declares himself to be neither a god
(deva) nor a Gandharva, nor a Yak+a nor a man. The word Buddha is an appellative, not a proper name
(na m!tar! kata' etc., vimokkh' antika' eta'
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