Definition of buddha Buddha
/buˈdʌ/ - [budu] - bud•dha
We found 11 definitions of buddha from 6 different sources.
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What does buddha mean?
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| buddha - founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC) | ||
| Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha | ||
| buddha - one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment | ||
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- buddha (Noun)
Shakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama. - buddha (Noun)
Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures. - buddha (Noun)
An enlightened or awakened sentient being. - buddha (Noun)
A statue or image of any Buddha.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- buddha (n.)
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.
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Shakyamuni Buddha, the spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama. -
buddha
One who has purified obscurations (སངས) and developed pristine cognition (རྒྱས).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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buddha
bōōd′da, n. an epithet applied to Sakyamuni or Gautama, the founder of the Buddhist religion.—ns. Bud′dhism, the religion founded by Buddha; Bud′dhist, a believer in Buddhism.—adjs. Buddhist′ic, Bud′dhist, pertaining to Buddhism.—Esoteric Buddhism (see Theosophy). [Sans. buddha, wise, from budh, to know.]
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A Buddha is a very holy person in Buddhism. The word "Buddha" means "He woke up" in Sanskrit. Buddha was named Siddhartha Gautama. He was the man who started Buddhism. Sometimes people call him "the Buddha". Other times, people call any person a Buddha if they have found enlightenment. If a person has not found enlightenment yet, but is very close to reaching it, then he is called Bodhisattva.
In early Buddhism Buddha meant only Siddhartha Gautama. Later an idea began that there could be many Buddhas: some in the past, some maybe in the present and some in the future.
Since Buddhism tradition thinks Buddha is an ideal person, tradition reached a notion of 36 ideal features of Buddhas. Some of those features are represented on statues of Buddhas. Some other features, like the feature of their foot, are difficult to be represented on a statue.
Buddhists believe that the Buddha was enlightened, which means that he knew all about how to live a peaceful life and how to not to suffer in an afterlife. They think he never got depressed, frustrated, upset or confused. He is said to have never argued with other people, but just said what was true and useful, out of compassion.
Some Buddhists pray to Buddhas, but Buddhas are not gods. Buddhas are just teachers, to help people who will listen. A Buddha is a human being who has woken up and can see the true way the world works. This knowledge totally changes the person beyond birth, death, and rebirth. Nothing can annoy him anymore, even
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