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Shakyamuni
Heavenly beings and deities
The name Shakyamuni is an honorific title of Prince Siddhartha Gautama; in Sanskrit it means ‘Sage of the Shakya [people]’. Buddha Shakyamuni is therefore a reference to the historical Buddha, for whom there are various other designations such as Bhagavan (Skt. ‘Noble One’) or Tathagata.