慈氏

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Chinese

compassionate; gentle; merciful
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
 
clan name; maiden name
simp. and trad.
(慈氏)
Literally: “the compassionate one”.

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya).

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慈氏

  1. (Buddhism) an epithet for Maitreya