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ˈgɔ tə mə, ˈgaʊ-gau·ta·ma
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Princeton's WordNet
Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddhanoun
founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
Wiktionary
Gautamanoun
Siddhartha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha.
Gautamanoun
of Indian origin.
Gautamanoun
used in India; more often anglicised as Gautam.
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gautama
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic (Sanskrit: śramaṇa). After leading a life of begging, asceticism, and meditation, he attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in what is now India. The Buddha thereafter wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. He taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to Nirvana, that is, freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering. His teachings are summarized in the Noble Eightfold Path, a training of the mind that includes ethical training and meditative practices such as sense restraint, kindness toward others, mindfulness, and jhana/dhyana (meditation proper). He died in Kushinagar, attaining paranirvana. The Buddha has since been venerated by numerous religions and communities across Asia. A couple of centuries after his death, he came to be known by the title Buddha, which means "Awakened One" or "Enlightened One." His teachings were compiled by the Buddhist community in the Vinaya, his codes for monastic practice, and the Sutta Piṭaka, a compilation of teachings based on his discourses. These were passed down in Middle Indo-Aryan dialects through an oral tradition. Later generations composed additional texts, such as systematic treatises known as Abhidharma, biographies of the Buddha, collections of stories about his past lives known as Jataka tales, and additional discourses, i.e., the Mahayana sutras.
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gautama
Gautama is typically associated with Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. This name is often used to refer to him in Buddhist texts. Gautama was his family name, as he was born into the Gautama family, a prominent clan belonging to the warrior caste in ancient Nepal and India. The term 'Gautama' can also refer to other historical figures who share the same family name.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Gautama
the name of the family Buddha belonged to, a Rajput clan which at the time of his birth was settled on the banks on the Rohini, a small affluent of the Gogra, about 137 m. N. of Benares.
Mythology
Gautama
(Gau′tama) (Buddha). The chief deity of Burmah.
Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers
Gautama
Called also Gotama, Buddha, and Sakyamuni. Great Hindu reformer and founder of Buddhism, born Kapilavastu, 624 B.C. Many legends are told of his birth and life. He is said to have been a prince, who, pained with human misery, left his home to dedicate himself to emancipation. His system was rather a moral discipline than a religion. Though he did not deny the Hindu gods he asserted that all beings were subject to “Karma,” the result of previous actions. He said, “If a man for a hundred years worship Agni in the forest, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded in true knowledge, better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.” According to Ceylonese writers Gautama Buddha died at Kusinagara, B.C. 543.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gautama in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gautama in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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