Buddha | |
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Member of Dashavatara[1] | |
Other names | Siddhartha Gautama, Mayamoha |
Devanagari | बुद्ध |
Affiliation | |
Mantra | Om Muni Muni Mahamuni Shakyamuniye Svaha |
Symbols | Swastika, Dharmachakra, Modaka |
Day | Thursday |
Texts | |
Gender | Male |
Festivals | Buddha Purnima |
Genealogy | |
Born | Siddhartha Gautama c. 563 BCE or 480 BCE |
Died | c. 483 BCE or 400 BCE (aged 80)[2][3][4] |
Parents | Śuddhodana (father) Maya (mother) Pajapati (step-mother) |
Consort | Yaśodharā |
Children | Rāhula (son) |
Dynasty | Raghuvamsha-Suryavamsha |
Dashavatara Sequence | |
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Predecessor | Krishna |
Successor | Kalki |
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The Buddha (Sanskrit: बुद्ध, lit. ''the enlightened one'') is considered the ninth avatar among the ten major avatars of the god Vishnu, according to the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.[5][6][7][8][note 1]
The Buddha has been among the formative forces in the origins of Hinduism. Regional Hindu texts over the centuries have presented a spectrum of views on Buddhism, possibly reflecting the competition between Buddhism and the Brahmanical traditions.[9] In contemporary Hinduism, the Buddha is revered by Hindus who usually consider "Buddhism to be another form of Hinduism".[9] Other Hindus reject the identification of Gautama Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu, referring to the texts of the Puranas and identifying the two as different individuals.
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