गोतम

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From गो () +‎ -तम (-tama), meaning "richest in cows".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

गोतम • (gótama) stemm

  1. name of a sage belonging to the family of Aṅgiras, father of Śatānanda and husband of Ahalyā
  2. Gotama, author of the Nyāya Sūtras.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गोतम
singular dual plural
nominative गोतमः (gótamaḥ) गोतमौ (gótamau)
गोतमा¹ (gótamā¹)
गोतमाः (gótamāḥ)
गोतमासः¹ (gótamāsaḥ¹)
accusative गोतमम् (gótamam) गोतमौ (gótamau)
गोतमा¹ (gótamā¹)
गोतमान् (gótamān)
instrumental गोतमेन (gótamena) गोतमाभ्याम् (gótamābhyām) गोतमैः (gótamaiḥ)
गोतमेभिः¹ (gótamebhiḥ¹)
dative गोतमाय (gótamāya) गोतमाभ्याम् (gótamābhyām) गोतमेभ्यः (gótamebhyaḥ)
ablative गोतमात् (gótamāt) गोतमाभ्याम् (gótamābhyām) गोतमेभ्यः (gótamebhyaḥ)
genitive गोतमस्य (gótamasya) गोतमयोः (gótamayoḥ) गोतमानाम् (gótamānām)
locative गोतमे (gótame) गोतमयोः (gótamayoḥ) गोतमेषु (gótameṣu)
vocative गोतम (gótama) गोतमौ (gótamau)
गोतमा¹ (gótamā¹)
गोतमाः (gótamāḥ)
गोतमासः¹ (gótamāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

References

  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गोतम”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 497