प्राचीन भारत के संदर्भ में, गौतम बुद्ध को सामान्यतः निम्नलिखित में से किन उपनामों से जाना जाता था ?
- 1.नायपुत्त
- 2.शाक्यमुनि
- 3.तथागत
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With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets?
1. Nayaputta
2. Shakyamuni
3. Tathagata
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only · (b) 2 and 3 only · (c) 1, 2 and 3 · (d) None of the above are epithets of Gautama Buddha
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) केवल 2 और 3
Shakyamuni ('sage of the Shakya clan') and Tathagata are both titles of the Buddha, but Nayaputta is not: it is the name by which the early Jain texts refer to Mahavira (the Pali Nataputta). So only 2 and 3 are correct.
- ✗ 1. Nayaputta is the epithet found in the earliest Jain texts for Mahavira, the Pali form being Nataputta; Buddhist texts call him Nigantha Nataputta. It is not a title of the Buddha.
- ✓ 2. The Buddha was born in the Sakya (Shakya) clan. Ashoka's Lumbini pillar inscription calls him the Buddha Shakyamuni.
- ✓ 3. NCERT quotes the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, where Ananda speaks of 'the remains of the Tathagata (another name for the Buddha)'.
Remember · Buddha = Shakyamuni, Tathagata. Mahavira = Nayaputta (Pali Nataputta).
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 12 Themes in Indian History, Part I, Ch 4 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 12 · Themes in Indian History, Part I, Chapter 4 “with the remains of the Tathagata (another name for the Buddha)?”
- PIB (Ministry of Tourism): In the Footsteps of the Buddha webinar ↗ “commemorates the Emperor's pilgrimage to Lumbini as the Buddha's birthplace, calling him the Buddha Shakyamuni”
- Journal for the Study of Religion 28(1), 2015: Will the real Nigantha Nataputta please stand up? (peer-reviewed, via SciELO South Africa) ↗ · reference work “The epithet that does appear in the earliest stratum of Jain texts is ‘Nāyaputta’, analogous to the Pāli ‘Nātaputta’. … Mahāvīra, known in the Pāli literature as Nigantha Nātaputta”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2024, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 1 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·