CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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enlightened one
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prophet
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smart one
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godly one
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term Buddha literally means enlightened one, a knower. Buddhists believe that a Buddha is born in each aeon of time, and our Buddha-the sage Gotama who attained enlightenment under the bo tree at Buddh Gaya in India-was the seventh in the succession.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bodhi/Bodhisattva Bodhi, which in Sanskrit means “he wakes, is awake, ‘’ refers to the state of enlightenment that is attained by a Buddhist who has practiced the Eightfold Path and through which has rid themselves of false beliefs and the hindrance of passions; hence, they can enter nirvana, or spiritual release.
Detailed explanation-3: -Siddhartha Gautama or The Buddha (the ‘enlightened one’), is believed to have lived in what are modern-day Nepal and India between 563 BCE and 483 BCE. His teachings were handed down by oral tradition and committed to writing some centuries after his death. The Buddhist religion has about 350 million followers today.