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Gautama   Listen
proper noun
Gautama  n.  (Also spelled Gotama)  The family name of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism; born ca. 563 b.c., died ca. 483 b.c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See Buddha.
Synonyms: Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gotama, Gautama Buddha.





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"Gautama" Quotes from Famous Books



... ago the casket containing some of Buddha's bones, which is one of the most perfect specimens of Graeco-Buddhist art. The Buddhist statues and bas-reliefs of that period are Greek rather than Indian in their treatment of sacred history, and even the head of Gautama himself might sometimes be taken for that of a young ...
— India, Old and New • Sir Valentine Chirol
... the Sage Gautama there dwelt a Recluse named Mighty-at-Prayer. Once, as he sat at his frugal meal, a young mouse dropped beside him from the beak of a crow, and he took it up and fed it tenderly with rice grains. Some time after the Saint observed a cat pursuing his dependent to devour it, whereupon he changed ...
— Hindu Literature • Epiphanius Wilson


Words linked to "Gautama" :   Gautama Buddha, Siddhartha, religious mystic, Buddha, mystic, Gautama Siddhartha


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