To separate out, set free, unloose, explain; Buddhism, Buddhist; translit. śa, śi; also d, dh.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous

釋迦的簡稱，是世尊的姓。晉時道安法師提倡佛子應以世尊的姓為姓，即姓釋，後來大家見到阿含經說「四河入海，無復河名；四姓出家，皆稱釋種。」從此凡是出家人都姓釋。

陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》

釋 [py] shì [wg] shih [ko] 석 sŏk [ja] シャク shaku ||| (1) To explain, to interpret. (2) A commentary that explains the meaning of a sutra or a śāstra (nirdeśa). (3) The explanatory part of a work, as opposed to the main text or a verse. (4) Used for transliteration, such as śakra, śakya. (5) An abbreviation of 釋加 (Skt. Śākya, Pali: Sākiya), a general surname applied to all East Asian monks and nuns during the earlier periods of the assimilation of Buddhism into East Asia, a custom probably initiated by Daoan 道安 of the Eastern Qin. Also written as釋家, 釋氏, 釋子, etc.

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śākya; śakra, śakrasya devānām indrasya, indra.

佛教漢梵大辭典

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