founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
source: WordNet 3.0
one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
source: WordNet 3.0
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.