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等正覺

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Basic Meaning: perfect supreme enlightenment

Senses:

  • The level of Buddhahood, commonly written as 三藐三菩提 (Skt. samyak-saṃbodhi); also written 正等覺. 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.358a16〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD]
  • The perfectly enlightened one; a buddha (Skt. samyak-saṃbuddha, buddha, saṃbuddha). [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
  • One of the ten epithets of the Buddha. [Charles Muller]
  • In the Jōdo Shinshū, a person who has entered the level of certainty in attaining enlightenment 正定聚. [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 773

    Bulgyo sajeon 191a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 929c

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 321a/357

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 795

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 8-P70

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1004a

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0918

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2561c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1266-2

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2008-05-23