Sìmiào lǐ gòngfèng Shìjiāmóuní de zhèngdiàn, jiàozuò dàxióng bǎodiàn.
The main hall of a temple, where Shakyamuni Buddha is enshrined, is called the Mahavira Hall.
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Not 大熊 "big bear", which sounds the same. His full name is 野比大雄, from the Japanese 野比のび太 (Nobi Nobita); older Taiwan and Hong Kong translations called him 叶大雄.
culture
In Buddhism 大雄 translates Sanskrit mahāvīra, "great hero", a title of the Buddha. The main hall where his statue sits is named after it: 大雄宝殿, the "Precious Hall of the Great Hero".
