- the Buddha ⇒
?563–483 bc, a title applied to Gautama Siddhartha, a nobleman and religious teacher working in N India, regarded by his followers as the most recent rediscoverer of the path to enlightenment: the founder of Buddhism
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Bud•dha
(bo̅o̅′də, bŏŏd′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical, Eastern ReligionsAlso called Butsu, Gautama, Gautama Buddha. (Prince Siddhāttha or Siddhartha) 566?–c480 b.c., Indian religious leader: founder of Buddhism.
- Eastern Religionsany of a series of teachers in Buddhism, of whom Gautama was the last, who bring enlightenment and wisdom.
- Eastern Religions(sometimes l.c.) [Buddhism.]a person who has attained full prajna, or enlightenment;
Arhat.
- Sanskrit: awakened (budh- awaken, notice, understand + -ta past participle suffix)
- 1675–85
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