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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

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

The name of Gotama, the Buddha, continually reached the ears of the young men, spoken of well and ill, in praise and in scorn.

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

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

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