Pāli Dictionary

gotamaka

gotamastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun

general

  • (as masculine noun) an ascetic or heretic of the Gotama sect; a disciple of Gotama; also the name of a yakkha.

cosmology

  • (as neuter noun) the Gotamaka shrine (Gotamaka-cetiya), monastery, or Gotamaka mountain (place or building name).

  • DN 16

    tatiyam'pi kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi, ramaṇīyā, ānanda, vesālī, ramaṇīyaṃ udenaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ gotamakaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ satt'ambaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ bahuputtaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ sāran'dadaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ cāpālaṃ cetiyaṃ.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Gotamaka
Person

  • A class of ascetics, thought to be followers of a member of the Sakyan clan other than the Buddha, possibly Devadatta.

Gotamaka2
Person

  • A yakkha; see the entry on the Gotamaka shrine.

DN 16AN 3.125
Gotamaka3
Other

  • A cross-reference to the entry Kaṇha-Gotamaka.

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