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प्रत्येकबुद्ध (pratyekabuddha)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
प्रत्येकबुद्ध pratyekabuddha
m.
 buddha who lives in seclusion and obtains emancipation for himself only
प्रत्येकबुद्ध pratyekabuddha
m.
 one who attained salvation for himself alone [ as opposed to the whole world ]
Monier Williams Cologne
English
प्रत्य्—एक—बुद्ध
m.
 a Buddha who lives in seclusion and obtains emancipation for himself only (as opp. to those Buddhas who liberate others also),
Buddh.
 (cf.
MWB.
 134
&c.
 )
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
pratyeka-buddha, m. (= Pali pacceka-
also °kakhaḍgin, -jina, and pratyaya-bu°, see pratyaya 3), a Buddha for himself alone, who has won enlightenment but lives in solitude and does not reveal his knowledge to the world
in Mahāyāna-texts often mentioned with śrāvakas (followers of Hīnayāna) and bodhisattvas (Mahāyānists), between the two: when there is no Buddha in the world, Pra° Buddhas arise, Mv 〔i.301.3〕
〔iii.27.1〕
Divy 〔132.20 ff.〕
exceptionally, future Pra° Buddhas are predicted by name, Av 〔i.99.17〕
〔167.1〕
stories involving them are numerous, e.g. Mv 〔i.301.5 ff.〕 (loosely called saṃbuddha 〔303.12〕
〔304.5, 11〕, in vss)
Divy 〔70.3〕
〔73.17〕
pratyekabuddhayānam Mvy 〔1251〕
SP 〔80.10〕, or simply pratyeka-yāna SP 〔10.4〕
a (corrupt and obscure) list of names of pra° bu°, described Mmk 〔13.4 ff.〕, listed 〔13.11 ff.〕 (not included in this Dict.).
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Pratyeka-Buddha, cf. Prakrit Pracega-Budha (CII 2-1),
Buddhist
name of certain Buddhas.
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetan
rkyen rtogs
प्रत्येकबुद्ध
nye tshe'i sangs rgyas
प्रत्येकबुद्ध
rang sangs rgyas
प्रत्येकबुद्ध