释迦牟尼佛

Traditional: 釋迦牟尼佛

Shì jiā móu ní fó

Dictionary entry

Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

What does 释迦牟尼佛 mean?

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

1Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

2Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism

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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)佛FóBuddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])

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