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Noun: Gautama  gow-tu-mu or go-tu-mu or gaw-tu-mu
  1. The founder of Buddhism, a sage born near the present-day border between India and Nepal (c 563-483 BC)
    - Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha

Type of: mystic, religious mystic

Encyclopedia: Gautama