The historical Buddha, last of the twenty-five Buddhas, born a Sakyan prince at Kapilavatthu to King Suddhodana and Queen Mahāmāyā.

A brahmin of Rājagaha who, after squandering his wealth on a courtesan in his youth, was moved to remorse, entered the Order, and became an Arahant; also known as Amodaphaliya Thera.

A member of the Sakyan clan who entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsfolk and became an Arahant; also known as Citakapūjaka Thera.

Also called Aparagotama, a learned brahmin orator of Sāvatthi, older than the Buddha, who entered the Order on hearing him teach at the dedication of Jetavana.

An Arahant residing at Piyaṅgudīpa who served as teacher to King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī and sent alms food to him during his flight from his brother.

The clan name of the Buddha and the Sākyans, claimed to descend from a brahmin sage, and also used as a term of address for the Buddha and, by extension, his disciples.

A brahmin sage whose full name was Aṅgirasa Gotama.

The brahmin chaplain in the Bhikkhāparampara Jātaka, said by the commentary to bear this as his clan name.

A mountain near the Himālaya.

A Sri Lankan monk of the Araññavāsī sect and pupil of Vanaratana Ānanda, who wrote a Sinhalese paraphrase of the Sambandhacintā.

A cross-reference entry; see Āḷavi-Gotama.

The last of the twenty-five Buddhas; see Gotama Buddha.