CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: Gautama Buddha was born as Siddhartha in a royal family in Kosala Kingdom. He was married to a princess named Yashodhara when he reached the age of sixteen.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic (Sanskrit: śramaṇa). After leading a life of begging, asceticism, and meditation, he attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in what is now India.

Detailed explanation-3: -At a place now known as Bodh Gaya (“enlightenment place”), he sat and meditated all night beneath a pipal tree. After defeating the forces of the demon Mara, Siddhartha reached enlightenment (1982.233) and became a Buddha (“enlightened one”) at the age of thirty-five.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Tripitaka, which is recognized by scholars as the earliest existing record of the Buddha’s life and discourses, Gautama Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha, the son of the king of the Sakya people. The kingdom of the Sakyas was situated on the borders of present-day Nepal and India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most famous prince in the world who never actually became a king-Prince Siddhartha Gautama, or more widely known as Buddha.