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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Néngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Néngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Néngrén
    • Wade–Giles: Nêng²-jên²
    • Yale: Néng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nengren
    • Palladius: Нэнжэнь (Nɛnžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Proper noun

能仁

1. (～鄉) Nengren (a township in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)
2. (Buddhism, archaic) Śākyamuni; Gautama Buddha

   Synonyms: 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní), 釋迦文／释迦文 (Shìjiāwén)

   • 佛告之曰：「後九十一劫，爾當為佛，號曰能仁如來。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     佛告之曰：「后九十一劫，尔当为佛，号曰能仁如来。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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".

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “能仁” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].