Gautama

''also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or Shākyamuni and simply as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one", born in the fifth century BC, and historical…

”also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or Shākyamuni and simply as the  Buddha, meaning “the awakened one”, born in the fifth century BC, and historical founder of Buddhism.

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