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Gotama

British  
/ ˈɡəʊtəmə /

noun

  1. the Pali form of the name Gautama

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Then one day, some monks came along, followers of Gotama, the Buddha, and asked to be taken across the river.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Not long afterwards another party of monks arrived and then another, and the monks as well as most of the other travellers talked of nothing but Gotama and his approaching death.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Why did Gotama once sit down beneath the bo tree in his greatest hour when he received enlightenment?

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

For a long time he knew that he was not separated from Gotama, although he could not accept his teachings.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

He sat all that day under the mango tree, thinking of his father, thinking of Govinda, thinking of Gotama.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

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