Gautama

[ gaw-tuh-muh, gou- ]

/ ˈgɔ tə mə, ˈgaʊ- /

noun

Buddha(def 1).

Also Gotama.

Also called Gautama Buddha.

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Examples from the Web for gautama

It is said that Gautama was made to marry early, according to the universal custom throughout India in the present day.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity|Sir Monier Monier-Williams
On the highest elevation, behind silver and golden lattice-work, is the celebrated image of Gautama Buddha richly gilded.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity|Sir Monier Monier-Williams
But he was not a historical personage, like Gautama or his immediate disciples.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity|Sir Monier Monier-Williams
Gautama Buddha himself is said to have been of serpent lineage.
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2)|W. Crooke

All that Gautama did was to preach his Dharma, ‘Law,’ during forty-five years of itineration, and oral teaching.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity|Sir Monier Monier-Williams

British Dictionary definitions for gautama

Gautama

/ (ˈɡaʊtəmə) /

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."