Bud·dha /ˈbʊdə $ ˈbʊ-, ˈbuː-/ 1. the Buddha (?563-?483 BC) the title given to Gautama Siddhartha, a wealthy man from northern India who gave up all his possessions and family to teach the ideas on which the religion of Buddhism is based
2. [countableC] a statue or picture of the Buddha