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Buddha

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Buddha [Skt.,=the enlightened One], usual title given to the founder of Buddhism . He is also called the Tathagata [he who has come thus], Bhagavat [the Lord], and Sugata [well-gone]. He probably lived from 563 to 483 BC The story of his life is overlaid with legend, the earliest written accounts dating 200 years after his death (see Buddhist literature ). Early Life His given name was Siddhartha and his family name Gautama (or Gotama). He was born the son of a king of the Sakya clan of the Kshatriya, or warrior, caste (hence his later epithet Sakyamuni, "the sage of the Sakyas"... Read more
Buddha
Buddha (Skt.; Pāli). This is not a personal name but an epithet of those who have achieved enlightenment ( bodhi ), the goal of the Buddhist religious life. Buddha comes from the Sanskrit root ‘budh’, meaning to awaken, and the Buddhas are those who have awakened to the true nature of ... Read more
Buddha
Buddha Born: c. 563 b.c.e. Kapilavastu, India Died: c. 483 b.c...Kusinagara, India Indian religious teacher and philosopher The Buddha was an Indian philosopher (seeker of wisdom), religious...others as an all-knowing supreme being. Early years The Buddha, or "enlightened one" (free from ignorance and ... Read more

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