Crossword clues for gautama
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gautama \Gau"ta*ma\ (gou"t[.a]*m[.a]), prop. n. The family name of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism; born c
563
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c., died c
483
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c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See Buddha. [Also spelled Gotama.]
Syn: Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gotama, Gautama Buddha.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
surname of the Buddha, from Sanskrit Gotamah, properly a patronymic, literally "descendant of the greatest ox," from superlative of gauh "ox, bull, cow."
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "gautama".
I regard the huge old tree and listen for its echoes down the ages: Yggdrasil, the Golden Bough, the Yule tree, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the Bo beneath which Lord Gautama found his soul and lost it.
All was now ready in Japan for the growth not only of one new Buddhism, but of several varieties among the Northern Buddhisms which so arouse the astonishment of those who study the simple Pali scriptures that contain the story of Gautama, and who know only the southern phase of the faith, that is to Asia, relatively, what Christianity is to Europe.
Not only was it the time of Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras and others in Ionia, but also the time of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho who caused Africa to be circumnavigated, of Zoroaster in Persia, Confucius and Lao-tse in China, the Jewish prophets in Israel, Egypt and Babylon, and Gautama Buddha in India.
Tonight I'd like to begin with The Four Noble Truths of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as Buddha, the 'Enlightened One.
I didn't really like America, and I wanted to know more, much more, about the Lord Gautama and the Four Noble Truths.