[Buddha-l] Buddhist words for "Buddhist"

[Piya Tan]

It is common in Sinhala, but not in Thai. Not sure about Myanmar.

Piya


On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:05 PM, mongaikan (tin) <agnese.pianarosa at tin.it>wrote:

> I'm not an expert in sanskrit (or english, as you may notice) but i came
> across the noun "bauddha" mostly. i found also "saugata" (on the same
> lines) but only in dictionaries so i can't say anything about its actual
> diffusion in indic languages.
> regards,
>
> nb
>
> > The traditional word for what we denote in English as "Buddhism" is, of
> > course, "Buddhadharma". What I am asking is whether or not anyone knows
> > of one or more equivalent noun(s) for an adherent of the Buddhadharma -
> > preferably ones that map as neatly to "Buddhist" as "Buddhadharma" does
> > to "Buddhism"?
> >
> > Am I overlooking something obvious here? It wouldn't be the first
> time.....
> >
> > Curt
>
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