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Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Also known as: Śākyamuni, Gautama Buddha, Gotama Buddha, Sage of the Śākyas, Shaka, Shaka Nyorai, Shakyamuni, Siddhartha Gautama, Siddhattha
Buddha
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- Sanskrit:
- “Awakened One”
- Clan name (Sanskrit):
- Gautama or
- (Pali):
- Gotama
- Personal name (Sanskrit):
- Siddhartha or
- (Pali):
- Siddhattha
- Born:
- c. 6th–4th century bce, Lumbini, near Kapilavastu, Shakya republic, Kosala kingdom [now in Nepal]
- Notable Family Members:
- mother Maha Maya
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Buddha (born c. 6th–4th century bce, Lumbini, near Kapilavastu, Shakya republic, Kosala kingdom [now in Nepal]—died, Kusinara, Malla republic, Magadha kingdom [now Kasia, India]) the founder of Buddhism, one of the major religions and philosophical systems of southern and eastern Asia and of the world. Buddha is one of the many epithets of a teacher who lived in northern India sometime between the 6th and the 4th century before the Common Era. His followers, known as Buddhists, propagated the religion that is known today as Buddhism. The title buddha was used by a number of religious groups in ancient India ...(100 of 7909 words)