Bud ‧ dha /ˈbʊdə $ ˈbʊ-, ˈbuː-/ BrE AmE
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 . [countable] a ↑ statue or picture of the Buddha