Gotama in Pali, Gautama in Sanskrit. The surname of the Shakya clan into which Shakyamuni was born. Another name for Shakyamuni.

Gotama (गोतम) (c. 2nd–3rd century) (also spelt Gautama; गौतम) was an Indian philosopher and logician who wrote the Nyāya Sutras, considered to be the foundation of the Nyāya school of philosophy.

Rishi. His son was Nimi. No puranas, specify his name. He might belong to Iksavaku dynasty

Buddha's family name in the last of his earthly incarnations in the sixth century BC.