Gautam Mukunda wrote: > The "Guatama" reference I mentioned earlier today is on page 257 of the > hardcover edition of Kiln People, Paragraph 9 and is said by Corporal Chen. > > Gautam, does your name mean something in particular? > (just curious) > > Jon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's sort of my parent's gesture towards ecumenicism, I believe. Gautama > was the name of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama who became Gautama Buddha. > My parents are Hindus, but Buddha is considered to be one of the > incarnations of Vishnu, although his motives on choosing that incarnation > vary depending on your sympathies within Hinduism. The version of Hinduism > chosen by my parents is very close to that of Buddhism, so I was named > Gautam. Adding an a at the end of a name is a standard North Indian thing - > my father is Mukund in the south and Mukunda in the north. >
How is it pronounced? -- Doug email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
