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With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets?

1. Nayaputta

2. Shakyamuni

3. Tathagata

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2 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

None of the above are epithets of Gautama Buddha

2 and 3 only.

He is frequently called Shakyamuni, “the sage of the Shakya clan.”
In Buddhist texts, he is most commonly addressed as Bhagavat (often translated as “Lord”), and he refers to himself as the Tathagata.
Which can mean either “one who has thus come” or “one who has thus gone.”