Gautam Buddha was the 28th buddha. Generally, Buddhists do not consider Siddhartha Gautama to have been the only buddha. The Pali Canon refers to Gautama Buddha at least once as the 28th Buddha (see List of the 28 Buddhas). A common Buddhist belief is that the next Buddha will be one named Maitreya (Pali: Metteyya). n Buddhism, a buddha (Sanskrit बुद्ध) is any being who has become fully awakened (enlightened), has permanently overcome desire or craving (lobha), aversion (dosa), and delusion (moha), or ignorance, and has achieved complete liberation from suffering. However, such a negative definition should be augmented with its positive aspect, for a Buddha is also "one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment,"[1] which is a state of perfect mental tranquillity and non-fading bliss: "is the highest bliss" and "the bliss of peace, the bliss of enlightenment."[2] In the Pali Canon, the term 'buddha' refers to anyone who has become enlightened (i.e., awakened to the truth, or Dharma) on their own, without a teacher to point out the Dharma, in a time when the teachings on the Four Noble Truths or the Eightfold Path do not exist in the world. The names of 28 Buddhas Sanskrit name Pāli name 1 Tṛṣṇaṃkara Taṇhaṃkara 2 Medhaṃkara Medhaṃkara 3 Śaraṇaṃkara Saraṇaṃkara 4 Dīpaṃkara Dīpaṃkara 5 Kauṇḍinya Koṇḍañña 6 Maṃgala Maṃgala 7 Sumanas Sumana 8 Raivata Revata 9 Śobhita Sobhita 10 Anavamadarśin Anomadassi 11 Padma Paduma 12 Nārada Nārada 13 Padmottara Padumuttara 14 Sumedha Sumedha 15 Sujāta Sujāta 16 Priyadarśin Piyadassi 17 Arthadarśin Atthadassi 18 Dharmadarśin Dhammadassi 19 Siddhārtha Siddhatta 20 Tiṣya Tissa 21 Puṣya Phussa 22 Vipaśyin Vipassi 23 Śikhin Sikhi 24 Viśvabhū Vessabhū 25 Krakucchanda Kakusandha 26 Kanakamuni Koṇāgamana 27 Kāśyapa Kassapa 28 Gautama Gotama