Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama ([sid̪ːʱɑːrt̪ʰə gəut̪əmə]), Shakyamuni Buddha ([ɕɑːkjəmun̪i bud̪ːʱə]), or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have li...