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Gautama

[gaw-tuh-muh, gou-]
noun
  1. Buddha(def 1).
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Also Gotama.
Also called Gautama Buddha.
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Historical Examples of gautama

  • I have a little heathen god—Gautama; alabaster—and a mummied cat.

    The Bacillus of Beauty

    Harriet Stark

  • For the Buddhist, doubtless, Gautama is permitted to do the same.

    The Golden Fountain

    Lilian Staveley

  • The wife of the sage Gautama, she was seduced by Indra the king of the Gods.

  • Indra caused her to believe that he was Gautama, and thus enjoyed her.

  • We must further consider the character of Gautama's philosophy.

British Dictionary definitions for gautama

Gautama

noun
  1. the Sanskrit form of the family name of Siddhartha, the historical Buddha
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Word Origin and History for gautama

Gautama

surname of the Buddha, from Sanskrit Gotamah, properly a patronymic, literally "descendant of the greatest ox," from superlative of gauh "ox, bull, cow."

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