如來

如来
rúlái
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism) tathagata
  2. tathagata

Wiktionary

佛的另外一種稱號。意謂像過去諸佛那樣的來，那樣的去。

重編國語辭典

佛的一种称呼

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
2 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)

Containing this entry

大日如來 Dàrìrúlái Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
如來佛 Rúláifó Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
藥師如來 Yàoshīrúlái Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
阿彌陀如來 Ēmítuórúlái Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
大日如來 Dàrì Rúlái
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