WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The word buddha literally means “awakened” or “that which has become aware". It is the past participle of the Sanskrit root budh, meaning “to awaken", “to know", or “to become aware". Buddha as a title may be translated as “The Awakened One". The teachings of the Buddha are called the Dharma (Pali: Dhamma).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sanskrit and Pāli word bodhi derives from the Indic root [. radical] budh (to awaken, to know).

Detailed explanation-3: -After a night of deep meditation, his Enlightenment came at dawn, and he was thereafter known as the Buddha, the “Awakened One."

Detailed explanation-4: -In sum, the Buddha’s “awakening” described in the early textual sources can be understood to converge on the experience of Nirvana, equaling the cessation of dukkha/duḥkha together with the cessation of all links of dependent arising leading to dukkha/duḥkha.