In which language were the discourses of Gautam Buddha?

Option 4 : Pali

The correct answer is Pali.

• Gautama Buddha used the Pali language in his lecture and his education.
• It is the language spoken by the educated i.e Priests and Pundits.
• Prakrit along with Pali is the language of the common masses during this time period.
• Tripitaka's were in the Pali language.

• Siddhartha is the early name of Buddha.
• He was the son of Suddhodhana and Mahamaya.
• He belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya Gana and was a Kshatriya.
• He left the comforts of his home in search of knowledge.
• He learned the technique of meditation from his first teacher Alara Kalama.
• After attaining enlightenment he went to Sarnath, near Varanasi, where he taught for the first time.
• Buddha preached his first sermon at Sarnath.
• He died in 483 BC under a Sal tree in Kushinagar.
• Kaushambi is the place where Lord Buddha stayed and preached in the sixth and ninth years of his attaining enlightenment.