TIL

Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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gau-ta

gotama

{gau-ta.ma.} 

n. -- UMK-USL p36
1. the historical Buddha, revered by Buddhists
2. a descendant of the Gautama clan.

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gotamaka

{gau-ta.ma.ka}

UKT: To check with my peers. Is there a word such as gotamaka ?
It seems there is. See:
kaṇha-gotamaka {ka.ṉha. gau-ta.ma.ka.} which means "UMK-USL p1 n. one of the four genera of serpents from which all species of serpents are said to originate. See virūpakha ; chavyāputta ; erāpatha. "

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gotama buddha

{gau-ta.ma. boadDa.} 

n. -- UMK-USL p36
the historical Buddha who attained enlightenment while seated under the Bo or Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) after practising austerities for six years and lived up to the age of eighty.
For a description of Pipal tree, see http://www.haryana-online.com/Flora/pipal.htm

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