Gautama

//ɡaʊˈtɑːmə// name

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  1. 1
    Siddhartha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha.
  2. 2
    A surname from Sanskrit of Indian origin.
  3. 3
    A male given name from Sanskrit used in India; more often romanised as Gautam.

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gautama siddharthasakyamunisakyamuniŚākyamuni buddha

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"Amida Buddha is different from the historical Gautama Buddha and the futuristic Maitreya Buddha. In the Pure Land sect, adherents repeat the name of Amida, so that they will attain, after they die, Pure Land, a world which is free of sickness and where it is easier to attain Enlightenment than on Earth."

Etymology

From Sanskrit गौतम (gautama).

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