Re: Meaning of "Buddha"?

Definition of Buddha in English: (often the Buddha)

1A title given to the founder of Buddhism, Siddartha Gautama ( circa 563-circa 483 bc). Born a prince in what is now Nepal, he renounced wealth and family to become an ascetic, and after achieving enlightenment while meditating, taught all who came to learn from him.

1.1 (as noun a Buddha) Buddhism A person who has attained full enlightenment.

1.2 (as noun a Buddha) A statue or picture of the Buddha.

Of the three definitions given above both 1 and 1.1 contain the word enlightenment. The first has the phrase “after achieving enlightenment while meditating” and the second has “A person who has attained full enlightenment”

To understand buddha, the definition of enlightenment is needed and is given below.

Only meaningful defintion is 1.2. 

Definition of enlightenment in English:

NOUN

1 [MASS NOUN] The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened:

1.1The action or state of attaining or having attained spiritual knowledge or insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that awareness which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth:

2 (the Enlightenment) A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent figures included Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.

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Only meaningful definition here is 2. That is the problem with using enlightenment. That is not the intended meaning.

Definition of awkening NOUN