Eastern ascetic from China curtailed expression of triumph (6)
I believe the answer is:
buddha
'eastern ascetic' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'china curtailed expression of triumph' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'china' could be 'bud' (china plate is Cockney rhyming slang for mate) and 'bud' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for buddha that I've seen before include "Fifth-century BC founder of an Asian religious philosophy" , "Founder of a world religion" , "Siddhartha Gautama's title" , "Siddhartha Gautama (c 563-483 BC)" , "Title of Indian philosopher Gautama, founder of religion" .)