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	'''Gautama Maharishi''' ({{lang-sa\|महर्षिः गौतम}} ''Mahariṣiḥ Gautama''), also known as '''Vamadeva Gautama<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Jamison\|first=Stephanie\|title=The Rigveda - the earliest religious poetry of India\|last2=Brereton\|first2=Joel P.\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|year=2014\|pages=556}}</ref>''' was a ~~[[Rigveda\|Rigvedic]]~~ 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.		'''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.

	~~==History==~~
	Vamadeva Gautama was the founder of the Vamadeva family. Most of the hymns in Mandala IV of the Rigveda are attributed to him.'''<ref name=":0" />''' He was the son of Gotama.{{sfn\|Jamison and Brereton\|2014\|page=563-564}}

	==Children==		==Children==

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{{short description|Ancient Hindu sage}}
{{Other uses|Gotama (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name = Gautama
| image = Rishi Gautam saptrishi 100.jpg
| caption = An Early 19th Century Painting Showing Maharishi Gautama
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| honors = One of the [[Saptarishi]]s (Seven Great Sages [[Rishi]])
| footnotes =
| spouse = [[Ahalya]]
| children = Shatananda and [[#Children|others]]
| father = Gotama
| mother =
| honorific suffix = Maharishi
}}
{{Hindu philosophy}}

'''Gautama Maharishi''' ({{lang-sa|महर्षिः गौतम}} ''Mahariṣiḥ Gautama''), also known as '''Vamadeva Gautama<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Jamison|first=Stephanie|title=The Rigveda - the earliest religious poetry of India|last2=Brereton|first2=Joel P.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|pages=556}}</ref>''' was a [[Rigveda|Rigvedic]] 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.

==History==
Vamadeva Gautama was the founder of the Vamadeva family. Most of the hymns in Mandala IV of the Rigveda are attributed to him.'''<ref name=":0" />''' He was the son of Gotama.{{sfn|Jamison and Brereton|2014|page=563-564}}

==Children==
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>
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>

==Ahalya's curse==
{{Rewritten|section=Ahalya's curse|date=December 2020}}
[[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.]]

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.
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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{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}}

==External links==
{{Rishis of Hindu mythology}}
{{HinduMythology}}
{{Rigveda}}

[[Category:Rishis]]
[[Category:Characters in the Ramayana]]

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