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Wikipitaka is a collection of translations from various sources. Every translator has one's own style. As a result the suttas appear differently. As a way of correcting these, following are provided :

Blessed One : Buddha, sometimes the word bhagava or Bhagavata or bhagavanta is also used which means God/Lord, but all these are ascribed to Buddha.(It is so in Pali language, the language spoken by Buddha and the language of the Theravada Buddhist scriptures)

Well Gone : This also another word by which Buddha was known. The original word used is 'Tathagata' which means the person who went to the other shore and also came back(beyond death / transcendental).

Holy Life : Celibacy or absence of sex. The actual word used is 'Brahmacharya' a word which is widely & commonly used for celibacy in south Asia (especially in India & Nepal). Replacing this word in Wikipitaka will make major change, which is the true meaning.