(3) Gautama Buddha (c. 563 BCE/480 BCE – c. 483 BCE/400 BCE), also known as Siddhârtha Gautama, Shakyamuni. The Jâtaka tales are a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha. These are the stories that tell about the previous lives of the Buddha, in both human and animal form. The future Buddha may appear in them as a king, an outcast, a god,an elephant—but, in whatever form, he exhibits some virtue that the tale thereby inculcates.The Dha-mmacakkappavattana Sutta, The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dharma Sutra or Promulgation of the Law Sutra, is a Buddhist text that is considered to be a record of the first teaching given by Gautama Buddha after he attained enlightenment.