samaṇa gotama

== Pali == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === samaṇa (“ascetic”) + gotama (“Gautama”) === Proper noun === samaṇa gotama m the ascetic Gautama (a common appellation of the Buddha) ==== Declension ==== The two parts are nouns in apposition, and are both declined. === References === Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 427.