Gautama Buddha | |
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A statue o the Buddha frae Sarnath, 4t century CE | |
Born | c. 563 BCE or c. 480 BCE[1][2] Lumbini, Shakya Republic (accordin tae Buddhist tradeetion) |
Dee'd | c. 483 BCE or c. 400 BCE (aged 80) Kushinagar, Malla Republic (accordin tae Buddhist tradeetion)[note 1] |
Kent for | Foonder o Buddhism |
Predecessor | Kassapa Buddha |
Successor | Maitreya |
Gautama Buddha, forby kent as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni,[note 2] or simply the Buddha, wis a sage[3] on whose teachins Buddhism wis foondit.[web 2]