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Gotama

Gautama \Gau"ta*ma\ (gou"t[.a]*m[.a]), prop. n. The family name of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism; born c

  1. 563

  2. c., died c

    1. 483

    2. c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See Buddha. [Also spelled Gotama.]

      Syn: Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gotama, Gautama Buddha.

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Gotama

Gautam (a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama also transliterated as Gautama, Gautham or Gotama) is a name, originating in Rigvedic times. It derives from the Sanskrit words “gaḥ (गः)” meaning “bright light” and “tama (तम)” meaning “darkness”. Together they indicate a person who dispels darkness by his brilliance, such as using the light of their knowledge to dispel the gloom of ignorance.

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And, Govinda saw it like this, this smile of the mask, this smile of oneness above the flowing forms, this smile of simultaneousness above the thousand births and deaths, this smile of Siddhartha was precisely the same, was precisely of the same kind as the quiet, delicate, impenetrable, perhaps benevolent, perhaps mocking, wise, thousand-fold smile of Gotama, the Buddha, as he had seen it himself with great respect a hundred times.

She said that she was from the Gotama clan, just like the golden one himself!

There are those who think that since Sariputra is every bit as holy as Gotama, he, too, has achieved nirvana.

Obviously, some tribe from Cathay had crossed the Himalayas to sire the Gotama clan.

It is not easy to account for the rise of the surname Gotama in the Sakya family, as Oldenberg acknowledges.

We must be content for the present simply to accept Gotama as one of the surnames of the Buddha with whom we have to do.

The disciples of Gotama (Buddha) are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on Buddha.

The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on the law.

The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on the church.

The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on their body.

The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in compassion.

The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in meditation.