Re[2]: Religion-Names in Conlangs. Or At Least in Mine. :)

>> buddhism:  how do you pronounce "buddha" in it's original language?  do
>> buddhists call themselves the equivalent of "buddh-ists" in the original
>> language? is there an original language of buddhism?  (you can see i
>> don't know that much about buddhism)
EC> Buddhism originated out of Hinduism, thus its original language was
EC> Sanskrit. I believe Pali is also important in Buddhism. I'm not sure
EC> how to say "Buddhist" or "Buddhism" in Sanskrit, but "Buddha" is a
EC> Sanskrit word meaning "enlightened" and pronounced /'bud.d_ha/.

AFAIK & AFAIR (i've seen/heard/read) it's something like 'awakened'

EC> Actually, I'm thinking the declined noun would have been *Buddhah.*
EC> /'bud.d_hah/, where 'h.' is an h with a dot under it. I don't THINK
EC> the a is long, but I'm not sure. Anyone else?

>> shinto:  (same)
EC> Japanese. I believe it means "the way of the kami [nature spirits or
EC> gods]." Roughly /'Sin.tou/.

sound correct...

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