Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Subud

Pronunciation: /sʊˈbuːd/

Definition of Subud
  • a movement, founded in 1947 and led by the Javanese mystic Pak Muhammad Subuh, based on a system of exercises by which the individual seeks to approach a state of perfection through divine power.

Origin:

contraction of Javanese susila budhi dharma, from Sanskrit suśīla 'good disposition' + buddhi 'understanding' + dharma 'religious duty'

Subud in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Subud in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

merrythought

/ /
noun
the wishbone of a bird …