Note 950 — Chapter X
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E. Pococke derives the name Pythagoras from Buddha, and guru, a spiritual teacher. Higgins makes it Celtic, and says that it means an observer of the stars. See “Celtic Druids.” If, however, we derive the word Pytho from פתה, petah, the name would signify an expounder of oracles, and Buddha guru a teacher of the doctrines of Buddha.