Where does “宝生如来” come from?

宝生如来 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 如来, from Middle Chinese にょらい.

宝生如来 (Japanese): Ratnasaṃbhava as the Southern Buddha and one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas

Definitions

  1. Ratnasaṃbhava as the Southern Buddha and one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas

Ancestry of “宝生如来”, step by step

宝生如来 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 如来

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese如来a buddha
2Middle Chineseにょらい—

via Japanese 宝生

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宝生Ratnasaṃbhava

Words derived from “宝生如来”

Every word from Middle Chinese にょらい →Every word from Japanese 如来 →