釋迦

See also: 釈迦 and 释迦

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक्य (Śākya).

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Proper noun

釋迦

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

Noun

釋迦

  1. (chiefly Taiwan and Min Nan) Short for 釋迦果／释迦果 (shìjiāguǒ, “sugar apple”).

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • 奇美釋迦／奇美释迦
  • 旺來釋迦／旺来释迦
  • 蜜釋迦／蜜释迦
  • 鳳梨釋迦／凤梨释迦 (fènglí shìjiā)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
釋 迦
しゃく > しゃ
Hyōgaiji		 か
Jinmeiyō
irregular kan’on
For pronunciation and definitions of 釋迦 – see the following entry.
【釈迦しゃか】
[proper noun] (Buddhism) Clipping of 釈迦牟尼 (Shakamuni): Sakyamuni
[proper noun] (historical) Short for 釈迦族 (Shaka-zoku): an ancient north Indian tribe to which Sakyamuni once belonged
[noun] (theater) a gold-lacquered Noh mask used to depict the Buddha
(This term, 釋迦, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 釋迦 (MC syek kja), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit शाक्य (Śākya)

Proper noun

釋迦 (Shaka) (kana しゃか)

  1. (Buddhism) Śakyamuni
    • c. 753, Bussokuseki no Uta (Yakushi-ji Buddha Footprint Poems), poem 9
      舎加乃美阿止伊波爾宇都志於伎宇夜麻比弖乃知乃保止氣爾由豆利麻都良牟佐佐義麻宇佐牟
      Shaka no2 mi1-ato2 ipa ni utusi-oki1 uyamapi1te no2ti no2 poto2ke2 ni yuduri-maturamu sasage-mausamu
      Śakya’s holy footprints which I inscribe copies on rock and revere, to the future Buddha I bequeath and dedicate, I humbly consecrate!

Usage notes

Some dictionaries erroneously have entries read as さか (Saka), assuming lack of palatalization sounds in other Old Japanese literature. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Descendants
  • Japanese: 釈迦 (Shaka)
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