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With reference to ancient India Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithet...........

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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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    1 only

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    2 and 3 only

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    1, 2 and 3

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    None of the above are epithets of Gautama Buddha

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    Explanation:

    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.”

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