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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Buddha means what?
A
Intelligent One
B
Awakened One
C
Fast One
D
Religious One
Explanation: 

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: -Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ("the awakened"), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indic term bodhi, here translated as “awakening, ‘’ is often alternatively rendered as “enlightenment.” Cohen (2006, p. 3) explained that already by “the mid-1870s, it had become commonplace to call the buddha ‘enlightened.’

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