Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Buddha"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Buddha \Bud"dha\, n. [Skr. buddha wise, sage, fr. budh to know.]
The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and
wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp.
Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of
Buddhism.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Buddha
n 1: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
[syn: {Buddha}, {the Buddha}, {Siddhartha}, {Gautama}, {Gautama
Siddhartha}, {Gautama Buddha}]
2: one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment [syn:
{Buddha}]

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