samaṇa gotama

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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samaṇa (ascetic) + gotama (Gautama)

Proper noun

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samaṇa gotama m

  1. the ascetic Gautama (a common appellation of the Buddha)

Declension

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The two parts are nouns in apposition, and are both declined.

References

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Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 427.