[image error]The title Buddha means "Enlightened One" or "Awakened One."

Buddha was born Siddhattha Gautama around 565 B.C. in Lumbini (a town situated in modern Nepal, near the Indian border). His name means descendant of Gotama whose aims are achieved/who is efficacious in achieving aims. He later became the Buddha (Enlightened One or Awakened One). He is also commonly known as 'Shakyamuni' or 'Sakyamuni' (The sage of the Shakya clan) and as the Tathagata (thus come or thus gone).

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