释迦佛

Traditional form:

釋迦佛

Pinyin (reading):

shìjiāfó

Definitions:

• Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)
• Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism

Characters:

• 释 - to explain, to interpret; to release
• 迦 - used in transliterations
• 佛 - Buddha; Buddhist

Traditional characters:

• 釋 - to explain, to interpret; to release
• 迦 - used in transliterations
• 佛 - Buddha; Buddhist