Index of English words, starting with "bu"

(1) - Buddhism (n.) The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, "the awakened or enlightened," 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. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvana) as the greatest good. Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls through all phases and forms of life. Their number was estimated in 1881 at 470,000,000.

(1) - Buddhist (a.) Of or pertaining to Buddha, Buddhism, or the Buddhists.
(2) - Buddhist (n.) One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.

(1) - Budding (n.) The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.
(2) - Budding (n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea.
(3) - Budding (n.) The act or process of producing buds.
(4) - Budding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bud