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Gotama

British  
/ ˈɡəʊtəmə /

noun

  1. the Pali form of the name Gautama

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

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

His enemies and doubters, however, said that this Gotama was an idle fraud; he passed his days in high living, scorned the sacrifices, was unlearned and knew neither practices nor mortification of the flesh.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Whisk—and where was Odysseus, where was Job, where were Jupiter and Gotama and Jesus?

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

In such a manner did that rumor, that happy report of Gotama the Buddha, the wise man from the race of Sakya, travel through the country.

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

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