能仁
Chinese
    
| ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able | humane; kernel | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (能仁) | 能 | 仁 | |
| simp. #(能仁) | 能 | 仁 | |
Etymology
    
- Sakyamuni
Calque of Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि (Śākyamuni, “sage of the Śākyas”), where शाक्य (Śākya) is read as a derivation of शक् (śak, “capable, to be able”). Displaced by the transliteration 釋迦牟尼/释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní) in later translations.
Pronunciation
    
Proper noun
    
能仁
- (~鄉) Nengren (a township in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)
- (Buddhism, archaic) Śākyamuni; Gautama Buddha
- 佛告之曰:「後九十一劫,爾當為佛,號曰能仁如來。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 六度集經
- Fó gào zhī yuē: “Hòu jiǔshíyī jié, ěr dāng wèi fó, hào yuē Néngrén Rúlái.” [Pinyin]
- The Buddha [of the past] told him saying: "After ninety-one kalpas, you shall become a Buddha, and your title will be the Tathagatha Capable of Benevolence".
 
 佛告之曰:「后九十一劫,尔当为佛,号曰能仁如来。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
 
Further reading
    
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),  “能仁” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms]. “能仁” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
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