Sakyamuni

American  

[sah-kyuh-moon-ee] / ˈsɑ kyəˌmʊn i /

noun

1. one of the names of Buddha.

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Sakyamuni British  

/ ˌsɑːkjəˈmuːnɪ /

noun

1. one of the titles of the Buddha, deriving from the name of Sakya where he was born

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Etymology

Origin of Sakyamuni

From the Sanskrit word Śākyamuni

Example Sentences

As Sakyamuni, the Buddha of our cosmos, teaches, if the denizens of Sukhavati "desire cloaks of different colors and many hundred thousand colors, then with these very best cloaks the whole Buddha country shines."

From Time Magazine Archive

And among the Brahmins’ sons in the towns and villages, every pilgrim and stranger was welcome if he brought news of him, the Illustrious, the Sakyamuni.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

He that fully grasps the Divine Body of Sakyamuni, holds ever, even without the written Sutra, the inner Saddharma Pundarika in his hand.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot

The exceptions which may be taken to this in religious systems are chiefly two, those supposed to have been founded by Buddha Sakyamuni and Confucius.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Buddha, bōōd′da, n. an epithet applied to Sakyamuni or Gautama, the founder of the Buddhist religion.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various