Gautama
historical figure · 6 works · 13 mentions · 25 anchored passages
followers of Gautama · great sage Gautama · Ślokagautama
in the texts
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
Author of one of the oldest Hindu law treatises.
still, they add, the authoritative opinion is, that the penance should be performed.
‘A Brahman,’ writes Gautama, ‘must not be subjected to corporal punishment, he must not be imprisoned, he must not be fined, he must not be exiled, he must not be reviled or excluded (from society).
If, on the other hand, the book first made accessible had been Gautama, or Baudhâyana, or Apastamba, it would probably have been set down at once as a manual of practical religious conduct, the Whole Duty of a Hindu;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The great sage whose wife Ahalyā was seduced by Indra in disguise; he curses both and later, after Rāma's visit, is reunited with her.
Smiling, Indra spoke these words to Ahalyā:
Having thus cursed Indra, he also cursed his wife:
Then, her inner self satisfied and her purpose fulfilled, she spoke to that foremost of gods:
Vīramitrodaya
Dharmasūtra authority cited for fallback rules and the general principle of time-regulation by ability.
For one who is unable, Gautama says:
For this very reason, Gautama, having stated many times, said:
In reality, however, since the intention of this verse is only to instruct many times, and since the instruction of longer and shorter times is obtained by implication, and since it does not instruct successively shorter times, and since in 'a third part', the fortnight, which is established in the mind as the thing to be divided,
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
A named legal authority/sage cited on the ritual origin of the appointed daughter.
Having worshipped Agni and Prajāpati, she is made so, said Gautama.
Kātyāyana Smṛti
Lawgiver whose followers (school) are cited as dissenting from the followers of Manu on the punishment of thieves caught with stolen goods.
This is disliked by the followers of Gautama, as it is censured for destroying a living being.
Parāśara Smṛti
Sage listed among authors of dharma texts, associated with the Tretā yuga.
in the Tretā, those of Gautama are remembered.
Those of Garga, Gautama, and also those remembered from Uśanas;