गोतमः 1 N. of a sage belonging to the family of Aṅgiras, father of Śatānanda and husband of Ahalyā. -2 N. of a sage, the founder of Nyāya philosophy; मुक्तये यः शिलात्वाय शास्त्रमूचे सचेतसाम् । गोतमं तमवेक्ष्यैव N. 17.75.
Is mentioned several times in the Rigveda, but never in such a way as to denote personal authorship of any hymn. It seems clear that he was closely connected with the Añgirases, for the Gotamas frequently refer to Añgiras. That he bore the patronymic Rāhūgana is rendered probable by one hymn of the Rigveda, and is assumed in the Satapatha Brāh¬mana, where he appears as the Purohita, or domestic priest, of Māthava Videgha, and as a bearer of Vedic civilization. He is also mentioned in the same Brāhmana as a contemporary of Janaka of Videha, and Yājñavalkya, and as the author of a Stoma. He occurs, moreover, in two passages of the Atharvaveda. The Gotamas are mentioned in several passages of the Rigveda, Vāmadeva and Nodhas being specified as sons of Gotama. They include the Vāj aśravases. See also Gautama.
noun (masculine) name of a lawyer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Karṇika (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Ṛṣi belonging to the family of Aṅgiras with the patr. Rāhūgaṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the chief disciple of Mahāvīra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the founder of the Nyāya phil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the descendants of the ṣi Gotama (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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