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Gautama Siddhartha

Gautama Siddhartha

9.4
A religious teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism and became the Buddha
  • proper noun
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  • Gautama Siddhartha achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.

Examples

  • The teachings of Gautama Siddhartha continue to inspire millions of Buddhists around the world.

  • Many people travel to Bodh Gaya to honor Gautama Siddhartha and his path to enlightenment.

  • Gautama Siddhartha taught that suffering could be ended by following the Eightfold Path.

  • Many teachings of Gautama Siddhartha emphasize compassion.

  • Gautama Siddhartha taught that suffering could be ended by following the Eightfold Path.

  • Many people travel to Bodh Gaya to honor Gautama Siddhartha and his path to enlightenment.

  • Gautama Siddhartha achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.

Synonyms

Buddha
vsGautama Siddhartha
88 4.0

A man named Siddhartha Gautama who founded Buddhism and reached complete spiritual understanding

is the specific historical founder rather than the general religious title
Siddhartha
vsGautama Siddhartha
11 8.6

A religious teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism, also known as Gautama Buddha

is the same historical figure but often named differently
Gautama
vsGautama Siddhartha
1 8.5

The person who started Buddhism and taught people in ancient India

is the same person but named in a shorter form
Gautama Buddha
vsGautama Siddhartha
4.4

A teacher who founded Buddhism and became an enlightened person

is the same founder but referred to without that honorific
Shaka
vsGautama Siddhartha
9.7

The Buddha, the teacher who started Buddhism in India long ago

is the common historical name used more broadly outside those regions

Surface Forms

Gautama Siddhartha main

Morphology

Gautama + Siddhartha

This is a fully compositional personal name: both constituents are proper names referring to the same historical figure, so a learner who knows 'Gautama' and 'Siddhartha' will understand the MWE as that person (the founder of Buddhism). Personal-name combinations are cross-linguistically transparent and do not involve idiomatic or metaphorical meaning shifts.

Etymology

Gautama Siddhartha was a real man who left his royal life to search for the truth and help others. After long meditation he became 'the Buddha', or 'the awakened one', so today Gautama Siddhartha means 'the founder of Buddhism' and is the name used for his teachings.