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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)