释迦牟尼

Traditional: 釋迦牟尼

Shì jiā móu ní

Dictionary entry

Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)

What does 释迦牟尼 mean?

释迦牟尼 (Shì jiā móu ní) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)

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释shìto explain · to release 迦jiā(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)牟Móusurname Mou 尼níBuddhist nun · (often used in phonetic spellings)

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释迦牟尼

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