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Gotama

British  
/ ˈɡəʊtəmə /

noun

  1. the Pali form of the name Gautama

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Once, when both youths had lived with the Samanas about three years and shared their practices, they heard from many sources a rumor, a report Someone had appeared, called Gotama, the Illustrious, the Buddha.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Whisk—and where was Odysseus, where was Job, where were Jupiter and Gotama and Jesus?

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

He was a simple man; he was not a thinker, but he realized the essential as well as Gotama.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Why did Gotama once sit down beneath the bo tree in his greatest hour when he received enlightenment?

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse