Gautama - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: gautamaBo tree
The peepul tree esp the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha...
Buddhism
The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindu sage Gautama Siddartha surnamed Buddha ldquothe awakened or enlightenedrdquo in the sixth century b c and adopted as a religion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands Buddhas teaching is believed to have been atheistic yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality It presents release from existence a beatific enfranchisement Nirvacircna as the greatest good Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls through all phases and forms of life Their number was estimated in 1881 at 470000000...
Gautama
The family name of Buddha the founder of Buddhism born ca 563 bc died ca 483 bc In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god See Buddha...
VerbarShin Shu
The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness...
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