Gotama

गोतम

From Sanskrit go, "cow" or "ox", and the superlative suffix tama, "most": together, roughly "finest of the herd".

Meaning and origin

Gotama is an old Sanskrit name built on words for cattle, a sign of how central herds were to early Vedic life.

Hindi	GOH-tuhm /ɡoːtəm/

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