Gautam Buddha

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Gautam Buddha is written by A.K Gandhi and published by Prabhat Prakashan. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 8184304676 (ISBN 10) and 9788184304671 (ISBN 13).

Gautama was born as a Kshatriya; the son of Śuddhodana; "an elected chief of the Shakya clan";whose capital was Kapilavastu; and who were later annexed by the growing Kingdom of Kosala during the Buddha's lifetime. Gautama was the family name. His mother; Maya (Māyādevī); Suddhodana's wife; was a Koliyan princess. As was the Shakya tradition; when his mother Queen Maya became pregnant; she left Kapilvastu for her father's kingdom to give birth. However; her son is said to have been born on the way; at Lumbini; in a garden beneath a sal tree. At the age of 16; his father reputedly arranged his marriage to a cousin of the same age named Yaśodharā (Pāli: Yasodharā). According to the traditional account; she gave birth to a son; named Rāhula. Siddhartha is said to have spent 29 years as a prince in Kapilavastu. At the age of 29 Siddhartha left his palace to meet his subjects. Despite his father's efforts to hide from him the sick; aged and suffering; Siddhartha was said to have seen an old man. At his death; the Buddha is famously believed to have told his disciples to follow no leader. Mahakasyapa was chosen by the sangha to be the chairman of the First Buddhist Council; with the two chief disciples Maudgalyayana and Sariputta having died before the Buddha.