释迦牟尼

Traditional form:

釋迦牟尼

Pinyin (reading):

Shìjiāmóuní

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 释 - to explain, to interpret; to release
• 迦 - used in transliterations
• 牟 - to profit, to usurp; moo
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 釋 - to explain, to interpret; to release
• 迦 - used in transliterations
• 牟 - to profit, to usurp; moo
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations