RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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Untouchable
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Prince
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Son of God
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest Buddhist sources state that the Buddha was born to an aristocratic Kshatriya (Pali: khattiya) family called Gotama (Sanskrit: Gautama), who were part of the Shakyas, a tribe of rice-farmers living near the modern border of India and Nepal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prince Siddhartha was born in 563 BCE. He was born to King Sudhodhana and Queen Maya Devi in Lumbini, which is present-day Nepal. Q. According to Buddhist Iore, Buddha was born a prince.
Detailed explanation-3: -Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, was the son of the Shakya clan chief. Buddha belonged to Kshatriya Varna. He was never interested in earthly pleasures and since childhood, he was in search of true knowledge.
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.