With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets? 1.…
With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets? 1. Nayaputta 2. Shakyamuni 3. Tathagata. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
None of the above are epithets of Gautama Buddha
Solution
Shakyamuni (sage of the Shakyas) and Tathagata (the thus-gone-one) are well-known epithets of Gautama Buddha. Nayaputta is an epithet of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism — not the Buddha.