Śākyamuni
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Śākyamuni (P. Sakkamuni; T. sha kya thub pa; C. shijiamouni 釋迦牟尼), literally "Sage of the Śākyas," is a common epithet for Gautama Buddha.[1] This epithet is especially used in the Sanskrit Mahayana tradition to distinguish Gautama Buddha from the other buddhas who who appear in Mahayana literature.[1]
In the Tibetan tradition, Gautama Buddha is commonly referred to a "Buddha Śākyamuni" (T. sangs rgyas sha kya thub pa).[2]
The Śākyas were the clan in Nothern India into which Siddhartha, the future buddha, was born.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Śākyamuni
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