Gautama

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Gender Masculine
Usage Sanskrit, Buddhism
Scripts गौतम(Sanskrit)
Pronounced Pron. GAW-ta-ma(Sanskrit)

Meaning & History

In the case of Siddhartha Gautama, it was a patronymic form of Gotama. Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha, was the founder of Buddhism. He was a 6th-century BC nobleman who left his family in order to lead a life of meditation and poverty.