Whether the enlightment one called Gotama because of his mother name is Mahamaya Gotami?

[sujato]

@Johan

Gotama means that the son of Gotami?

Gotama is a name used by the clan following the lineage of the family priest (purohita). This was the established custom in those days.

“Gotama” was probably the clan of the Sakyan family priest

There has been some discussion about the name Gotama, and how a Brahmanical clan name became associated with a khattiya family. It has been proposed that Gotama was a personal rather than clan name. However, not just the Buddha, but his step-mother, and Ānanda are called Gotama; decisively, even the assembled Sakyans are addressed by the Buddha as “Gotamas” (gotamā) at SN 35:243:2.8. This rules out the “personal name” thesis. No-one seems surprised that the Buddha’s clan name was Gotama. In …