sb. and a. Also Booddhist, and (wrongly) Bhudist, Bhudhist, Bhooddhist, Boudhist, Bauddhist. [f. as prec. + -IST. The Sanskrit Bauddha ‘follower of Buddha’ was previously used: hence the form Bauddhist.]
A. sb. A follower of Buddha.
1801. Joinville, in Asiat. Res., VII. 398. In the opinion of the Boudhists there has been no creation.
1803. Mahony, in Asiat. Res., VII. 33. The Bhooddhists speak of 26 heavens, which they divide in the following manner.
1807. Wilford, in Asiat. Res., IX. 88. According to the Bauddhists, the ancient Buddha … began to reign 1367 years B.C.
1810. M. Graham 89 (Y.). Among the Bhuddists there are no distinct castes.
1841. H. H. Wilson, Asiat. Jrnl., New Ser. XXXV. 44. A different class of sectarians from Buddhists or Bauddhas.
1871. Alabaster, Wheel of the Law, 265. Buddhists are forbidden to kill animals.
B. adj. Relating to or connected with Buddhism.
1816. Asiatic Jrnl., I. 21. The harmless sacrifices of the Chinese … are obviously Buddhist.
1835. Marryat, Olla Podr., xxiv. I also found … Bhudhist figures.
1871. Alabaster, Wheel of the Law, 168. My ideas on Buddhist prayer are stated in the Preface.
