Gautama Buddha in Hinduism

Buddha
Member of Dashavatara[1]
Buddha incarnation of Vishnu, from Sunari, Medieval period
Other namesSiddhartha Gautama, Mayamoha
Devanagariबुद्ध
Affiliation
MantraOm Muni Muni Mahamuni Shakyamuniye Svaha
SymbolsSwastika, Dharmachakra, Modaka
DayThursday
Texts
GenderMale
FestivalsBuddha Purnima
Personal information
Born
Siddhartha Gautama

c. 563 BCE or 480 BCE
Diedc. 483 BCE or 400 BCE (aged 80)[2][3][4]
ParentsŚuddhodana (father)
Maya (mother)
Pajapati (step-mother)
ConsortYaśodharā
ChildrenRāhula (son)
DynastyRaghuvamsha-Suryavamsha
Dashavatara Sequence
PredecessorKrishna
SuccessorKalki

The Buddha (Sanskrit: बुद्ध, lit.''the enlightened one'') is considered the ninth avatar among the ten major avatars of the god Vishnu, according to the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.[5][6][7][8][note 1]

The Buddha has been among the formative forces in the origins of Hinduism. Regional Hindu texts over the centuries have presented a spectrum of views on Buddhism, possibly reflecting the competition between Buddhism and the Brahmanical traditions.[9] In contemporary Hinduism, the Buddha is revered by Hindus who usually consider "Buddhism to be another form of Hinduism".[9] Other Hindus reject the identification of Gautama Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu, referring to the texts of the Puranas and identifying the two as different individuals.

  1. ^ "Incarnations of Vāsudeva [Chapter 18]". 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ Cousins (1996), pp. 57–63.
  3. ^ Norman (1997), p. 33.
  4. ^ Prebish (2008).
  5. ^ Srinivasan 2011, p. 182.
  6. ^ Lochtefeld 2002, p. 73, 128.
  7. ^ Holt 2008, p. 18–21.
  8. ^ Holt, Kinnard & Walters 2012, p. 4, 95, 111.
  9. ^ a b Jones & Ryan 2006, p. 96.


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