[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The History of Buddhist Thought](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933) › c19.87 # The History of Buddhist Thought c19.87 The History of Buddhist Thought c19.87 - **Language:** English ### [c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.87) The names and titles of Buddha are many. The \*Mahāvyutpatti\* has a list of eighty-one, many of them being merely poetical epithets. The best known of these is \*Śākyamuni\*, “the recluse of the Śākyas.” His personal name, not found in the Scriptures, is given as Siddhattha (Skt. Siddhārtha), “he whose aim is accomplished.” The name Gotama (Skt. Gautama) is not a personal name, but the name of his clan or gotra, and practically corresponds to a surname. As the Gautamas were a brahmin clan, it has been surmised that in this case the gotra was really that of the brahmin through whom brahmin rites were introduced, just as the neighbouring tribe of Mallas were called Vāsiṣṭhas from another brahmin gotra. The clan name was the usual name of address, unless a title was used, and hence brahmins are represented as addressing him as Gotama. The title used by disciples is Bhagavat, “Lord,” a term used also by the Jains and various Hindu sects for their special deity. The translation “Blessed One” is a mere transference from Christian hagiology. - [Previous: c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.86) - [Next: c19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.88) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāvyutpatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vidya.mahavyutpatti) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.87) · Pramāṇa