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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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Siddhartha Gautama is accepted by most scholars as the historical figure Shakyamuni Buddha, or sage of the Shakya clan, who was born in Nepal and lived in India around the 5th century BCE.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025

The tree Gautama mediated under is called the “Bodhi Tree” or tree of awakening.

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

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

Siddhattha Gautama was the son of an aristocratic family which ruled a small district on the Himalayan slopes.

From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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