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Siddhārtha Gautama
Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg
A statue of the Buddha from Sarnath, 4th century CE
Born c. 563 BCE or c. 480 BCE[1][2]
Lumbini, Shakya Republic (according to Buddhist tradition)[note 1]
Died c. 483 BCE or c. 400 BCE (aged 80)
Kushinagar, Malla Republic (according to Buddhist tradition)[note 2]
Known for Founder of Buddhism
Predecessor Kassapa Buddha
Successor Maitreya
Parent(s)
Śuddhodana (father)
Maya (mother)
Gautama Buddha
Chinese name
Chinese 佛陀
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Fótuó
Wade–Giles Fo T'o
Bopomofo ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
Hakka
Romanization Sṳt-kâ-mèu-nì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping bat6 to4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ Sek-khia-mô͘-nî
Burmese name
Burmese ဂေါတမ ဗုဒ္ဓ
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet Tất-đạt-đa Cồ-đàm
Thai name
Thai พระพุทธเจ้า
Korean name
Hangul 부처
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization Bu Cheo
McCune–Reischauer Pu Ch'ŏ
Japanese name
Kanji 釈迦
Hiragana しゃか
Transcriptions
Romanization Shaka
Bengali name
Bengali গৌতম বুদ্ধ
Nepali name
Nepali गौतम बुद्ध
Sanskrit name
Sanskrit गौतम बुद्ध
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni,[note 3] or simply the Buddha, was a sage[3] on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.[web 2] He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.[4][note 4]
Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the śramaṇa movement[5] common in his region. He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kosala.[4][6]
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic...