84000 Glossary of Terms

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གཽ་ཏ་མ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གཽ་ཏ་མ།

  • gau ta ma
  • gautama
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  • Gautama
  • གཽ་ཏ་མ།
  • gau ta ma
  • gautama
Definition in this text:

One of the seven great rishis of ancient India. Author of some of the vedas. His Dharmasūtra specified renunciation as yellow robes, shaved head, and being called a bhikṣu. Buddha Śākyamuni was his descendant.

  • Gautama
  • གཽ་ཏ་མ།
  • gau ta ma
  • gautama
Definition in this text:

One of the sages (ṛṣi).

  • Gautama
  • གཽ་ཏ་མ།
  • gau ta ma
  • gautama
Definition in this text:

A great ṛṣi.