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UPSC Prelims 2024 Paper-I 📅 16 Jun, 2024

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:

A
1 only
B
2 and 3 only
C
1, 2 and 3
D
None of the above are epithets of Gautama Buddha
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UPSC Prelims
2024 • 16 Jun, 2024 • Paper-I
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:
Correct Answer
2 and 3 only
History: Ancient India.Context: Epithets of Buddha.Details: Gautama Buddha was widely known as Shakyamuni sage of the Shakya clan and Tathagata one who has thus......
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History
Ancient India.
Context
Epithets of Buddha.
Details
Gautama Buddha was widely known as Shakyamuni sage of the Shakya clan and Tathagata one who has thus gone or thus come. Nayaputta Nigantha Nataputta is the historical epithet for Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.