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迦葉佛

简迦叶佛 · 繁迦葉佛

Mandarin · pinyin jiā yè fó

Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)

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迦: jiā · character for transliteration
葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
佛: fú · Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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1–4–2 · jia1 ye4 fo2

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Kāśyapa Buddha (the Buddha who preceded Sakyamuni and the second Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)

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