From: Dc Wijeratna
Message: 4064
Date: 2014-12-04
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, I understand only 1.2. Definitions 1 and 1.1 contain the word enlightenment. A term about which there is no consensus as far as I know.