Lexic.us

Definition of Buddha

1. Noun. Founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC).

Definition of Buddha

1. 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.

Definition of Buddha

1. Noun. Shakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of ''Buddhism''; Siddhartha Gautama. ¹

2. Noun. Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures. ¹

3. Noun. An enlightened or awakened sentient being. ¹

4. Noun. A statue or image of any Buddha. ¹

5. Noun. An enlightened human being. ¹

6. Noun. A statue or image of the Buddha. ¹

7. Noun. Siddhartha Gautama. ¹

8. Noun. (informal) marijuana ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buddha

1. a person who has attained Buddhahood [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buddha

Literary usage of Buddha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"For this reason, too, Buddha has been set down by some as an atheist. Buddha, however, was not an atheist in the sense that he denied the ..."

2. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghoṣa (1921)
"The Buddha expounds the Abhidhamma for the benefit of his mother for the space of three months without interruption, creating a double to take his place ..."

3. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"I will explain the highest human enlightenment, Buddha ... Buddha is a Sanskrit word and translated as Kak- usha in the Chinese language, The word " Kaku ..."

4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"THE BIRTH OF THE Buddha Translated from the Introduction to the Jataka (1.47") NOW while the Future Buddha was still dwelling in the city of the Tusita gods ..."

5. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1897)
"The Buddha was the elder son of the royal chaplain of King ... The Buddha was an expert mechanician, who invented a flying-machine. ..."

6. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1897)
"Thus, while the Buddha merges back into Nirvana whence it proceeded, ... Now to say that Buddha, after having reached Nirvana, returned thence to ..."

7. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"When he had at last convinced them that he was now enlightened, they hailed him as the Buddha. There was already in those days a belief in India that at ..."

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