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Buddha: While Buddha is a name commonly applied to the prince of the Sakyas-
Siddartha, the term Buddha means "The awakened one". This is not a personal name, indeed according to the buddhist tradition, a Buddha has appeared from time to time throughout human history,
and will continue to do so.
About the year 250 BC. certain developments occurred in buddhism that led to contact with hellenized culture. This had an impact on buddhism. One result may have been
the development of the devotional art form, the Buddha statue. Until this time there had been no plastic representation of the
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