Buddha

Buddha

Religious figure.

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BC and founded Buddhism.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

The Sign of Four (1890)

• The thick and broad hasp of the Agra treasure chest wrought in the image of a sitting Buddha (SIGN 2270).

The Veiled Lodger (1927)

• Sherlock Holmes sat upon the floor like some strange Buddha, with crossed legs, the huge books all round him, and one open upon his knees (VEIL 77).

Sherlock Holmes sat as a "Buddha" (The Strand Magazine, february 1927)

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