[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.876 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.876 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.876 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.876](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.876) 4. Gotama Thera.—An arahant, living in Piyaṅgudīpa. He was the teacher of Duṭṭhagāmaṇi.¹ When the latter, during his flight from his brother, wished to give alms to a monk before eating, Gotama knew his desire and sent a monk named Tissa to accept the alms. When the food was brought to Piyaṅgudīpa, Gotama offered morsels of it to five hundred monks² and, refilling the bowl with scraps of food, sent it back by air to the prince.³ 5. \*\*Gotama.\*\*—The name of the clan to which the Buddha and the Sākiyans belonged. The members of the clan, though khattiyas, claimed descent from a brahmin isi, \*\*Gotama.\*\*¹ Gotama and \*\*Aṅgiras\*\* are both enumerated in the \*Pravara\* ceremony as the ancestors of the Gotama clan.² - [Previous: v1.c14.875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.875) - [Next: v1.c14.877](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.877) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.876](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.876) · Pramāṇa