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Shakyamuni

Shakyamuni

Extracted from the Wikipedia article The Buddha.

Siddhārtha Gautama and Buddha Shakyamuni

According to Donald Lopez Jr. "he tended to be known as either Buddha or Sakyamuni in China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet, and as either Gotama Buddha or Samana Gotama ('the ascetic Gotama') in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia."