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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Knowledge; enlightenment: a term of Buddhism.

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  • noun Buddhism The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana

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Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi)

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