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तादृशक (tAdRzaka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
tādṛśaka,
(1) adj. (= Pali tādisaka), such, = Skt. tādṛśa: Mv 〔iii.287.10〕 (prose
correl. with yādṛśaka, q.v.)
(2) = BHS tādṛśa, and tāyin, q.v.
applied to a Bodhisattva or a Buddha
holy: (kausīdyaprāptas tada yo babhūva …) tvam eva so tādṛśako babhūva SP 〔28.2〕 (vs), addressed to the Bodhisattva Maitreya, (he who was indolent at that time …) has become none other than thou, the holy one (misunderstood by Burnouf and Kern)
tvam eva so tādṛśako bhaviṣyasi anābhibhūto dvipadānam uttamaḥ SP 〔69.4〕 (vs), predicting Buddhahood in the future, thou thyself shalt become a Holy One (a Buddha), unconquered, best of bipeds.