Gautama

[gaw-tuh-muh, gou-]

noun

Buddha(def 1).

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.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Vatsyayana
Indra caused her to believe that he was Gautama, and thus enjoyed her.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Vatsyayana
We must further consider the character of Gautama's philosophy.
India, Its Life and Thought
John P. Jones

British Dictionary definitions for gautama

Gautama

noun

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."