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Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha (563 BCE – 483 BCE)

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a spiritual teacher in the ancient Indian subcontinent and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally recognised by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of his birth and death are unclear, but most modern scholars have him living between approximately 563 BCE and 483 BCE. By tradition, he was born with the name Siddhārtha Gautama (सिद्धार्थ गौतम) and, after a quest for the truth behind life and death, underwent a transformative spiritual change that led him to claim the name of Buddha. He is also commonly known as Śākyamuni (शाक्यमुनि, “sage of the Śākya clan”) and as the Tathāgata ("thus-come-one" or "thus-gone-one").

Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha

Works ascribed

• Dhammapada
• Lotus Sutra
• Heart Sutra

Works about Buddha

• "Buddhism and Buddha," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• "Age of Lord Buddha's Death" by Tallapragada Subba Row, in A Collection of Esoteric Writings of T. Subba Row, Bombay: The Bombay Theosophical publication fund (1910)
• "Buddha," by Thomas William Rhys Davids in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Buddhism," by Charles Francis Aiken in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Buddha," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Buddha," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)