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釋迦

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Mandarin · pinyin shì jiā#

sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Mandarin · pinyin Shì jiā#

Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged
the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní, Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")

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迦: jiā · character for transliteration
释: shì · interpret, elucidate; release

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name

(～族) (historical, Buddhism) Shakya (a clan originating from the Indian subcontinent)
(Buddhism) short for 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní, “Śakyamuni Buddha”)

noun

(chiefly Taiwan and Southern Min) short for 釋迦果／释迦果 (shìjiāguǒ, “sugar apple”)

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