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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Ancient Hindu sage}}<br />
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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
| name = Gautama<br />
| image = Rishi Gautam saptrishi 100.jpg<br />
| caption = An Early 19th Century Painting Showing Maharishi Gautama<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| honors = One of the [[Saptarishi]]s (Seven Great Sages [[Rishi]])<br />
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| spouse = [[Ahalya]]<br />
| children = Shatananda and [[#Children|others]]<br />
| father = <br />
| mother = <br />
| honorific suffix = Maharishi<br />
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'''Gautama Maharishi''' ({{lang-sa|महर्षिः गौतम}} ''Mahariṣiḥ Gautama''), was a sage in [[Hinduism]], who is also mentioned in Jainism and Buddhism. Gautama is prominently mentioned in the [[Ramayana]] and is known for cursing his wife [[Ahalya]], after she had an relationship with [[Indra]]. Another important story related to Gautama is about the creation of river [[Godavari River|Godavari]], which is also known as Gautami.<br />
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==Children==<br />
According to [[Valmiki Ramayana|Valmiki Ramayan]], Gautama's eldest son with Ahalya is Satananda. But according to [[Adi Parva]] of Mahabharata, he had two sons named Saradvan and Cirakari. Saradvan was also known as Gautama, hence his children [[Kripa]] and [[Kripi]] were called Gautama and Gautami respectively. A daughter of Gautama is referred too but her name is never disclosed in the epic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/284/|title=Puranic encyclopaedia: a dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature|date=1975|website=archive.org}}</ref> In [[Sabha Parva]], he begets many children through Aushinara (daughter of [[Usinaras|Ushinara]]), amongst whom eldest in Kakshivat. Gautama and Aushinara's marriage takes place at Magadha, the kingdom of [[Jarasandha]].<ref>Mahabharata Sabha Parva Section XXI</ref><br />
According to [[Vamana Purana]], he had three daughters named Jaya, Jayanti and Aparajita.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/352/mode/2up|title=Puranic encyclopaedia : a dictionary with special reference to epic and Puranic literature|date=1975|website=archive.org}}</ref><br />
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==Ahalya's curse==<br />
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[[File:Gautama cursed his wife Ahalya for allowing Indra into her hermitage.jpg|thumb|Gautama (left) discovers Indra disguised as Gautama fleeing, as Ahalya watches.]]<br />
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The ''Ramayana'' describes [[Ahalya]] as his wife. Their marriage is recorded in the Uttara Kanda, which is believed as an interpolation to the epic. As per the story Brahma, the creator god, creates a beautiful girl and gifts her as a bride to Gautama and a son named Shatananda is born.<br />
The ''Bala Kanda'' mentions that Gautama spots [[Indra]], who is still in disguise, and curses him to lose his [[testicles]]. Gautama then returns to his ashram and accepts her.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book | last = Doniger | first = Wendy | title = Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India | publisher = [[University of Chicago Press]] | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0-226-15641-5 | chapter = Indra and Ahalya, Zeus and Alcmena | author-link = Wendy Doniger}}<br />
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