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Gautama

American  
[gaw-tuh-muh, gou-] / ˈgɔ tə mə, ˈgaʊ- /

noun

  1. another name for Buddha.


Gautama British  
/ ˈɡaʊtəmə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, becoming the Buddha.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Currently, Gautama Buddha and Pokhara have a combined traffic of 80-85 domestic flights per day.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2023

In “Such Kindness,” Andre Dubus III offers Tom as an angry Siddhartha Gautama, the pre-enlightenment Buddha, resentful and grieving all that he has lost and as yet unaware of any path forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Pali was and still is the common tongue of the Magadha region, where Prince Siddhartha Gautama lived a life of luxury before renouncing wealth to attain enlightenment.

From Salon • May 21, 2023

The ideal of Thomas � Kempis, in spite of its beauty, is no more that of Jesus than was the ideal of Gautama.

From The Making of an Apostle by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)

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