Gautama Buddha

A statue of the Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563 BC - c. 483 BC[1]) was the founder of Buddhism. He is best known by the title the Buddha. The title means "Fully Awakened One".

He is also called Shakyamuni Buddha. This is because he was a member of the Śākyan clan. They were the ruling class of an aristocratic republic in Lumbini.

  1. "Buddhists celebrate birth of Gautama Buddha". A&E Television Networks. Retrieved 4 July 2010.

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