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  • proper noun an older name for the Gautama Buddha

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि (Śākyamuni, "sage of the Śākyas")

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Examples

  • A relic of Sakyamuni is contained inside, along with some of his cremated remains.

    Giant Statue | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • He would often be known as Sakyamuni, the Silent One from the repub­lic of Sakka, because the knowledge he had acquired was inef­fable and could not be described in words.

    Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

  • Concerning the virtue of the representation of the footprints of the Buddha, there is sometimes quoted a text from the Kwan-butsu - sanmai-kyo [ "Buddha-dhyana-samadhi-sagara-sutra"], thus translated for me: -- "In that time Shaka [" Sakyamuni "] lifted up his foot ....

    In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • The clergy will ring giant bells, then line up to ladle flower-perfumed water on statues of Sakyamuni standing as a newborn, therefore symbolically "bathing the baby Buddha."

    Buddha's Birthday 2008

  • “Sakya Buddha,” = “The Buddha of the Sakya tribe,” and “Sakyamuni,” = “The Sakya sage.”

    A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

  • When was this first assembly in the time of Sakyamuni held?

    A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

  • Thou didst return, I saw even now, a follower of Sakyamuni, the

    Kim 2003

  • Sakyamuni, and who, so long before, gave him the assurance that he would by-and-by be Buddha.

    A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

  • Tushita heaven that Sakyamuni met him and appointed him as his successor, to appear as Buddha after the lapse of 5000 years.

    A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

  • A prince of Magadha and a maternal uncle of Sakyamuni, who gave him the name of Ajnata, meaning automat; and hence he often appears as Ajnata Kaundinya.

    A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

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