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Gautama

[ gaw-tuh-muh, gou- ]

noun

  1. another name for Buddha ( def 1 ).


Gautama

/ ˈɡaʊtəmə /

noun

  1. the Sanskrit form of the family name of Siddhartha, the historical Buddha


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Two and a half millennia ago, Siddhartha Gautama sought enlightenment.

She is represented to have been born from a Brahmin named Gautama, in the same fashion as Drona was.

India has returned again to its worship of Brahma, which, though impersonal enough, is less so than is the gospel of Gautama.

Then should one proceed to the favourite wood of the Brahmarshi Gautama.

That they are not strictly in accordance with Gautama's teachings there can be no doubt.

But in the case of the great religion of Gautama they feel sincerely a similarity.

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