Buddha (title)
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In Buddhism, Buddha (/ˈbuːdə,
Etymology
The word Buddha means "the awakened one" or "the enlightened one". According to the Chinese Buddhist tradition, the title is literally translated as "the knowing one".[3] "Buddha" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in a Yuga era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the supreme Buddha (Pali sammāsambuddha, Sanskrit samyaksaṃbuddha) of the present age.
Hypothetical root budh "perceive" 1. Pali buddha – "understood, enlightened", masculine "the Buddha"; Aśokan (the language of the Inscriptions of Aśoka) Budhe nominative singular; Prakrit buddha – ‘ known, awakened ’; Waigalī būdāī, "truth"; Bashkarīk budh "he heard"; Shina Gilgitī dialect budo, "awake"; Kashmiri bọ̆du, "quick of understanding (especially of a child)"; Sinhalese buj (j written for d), budu, bud, but, "the Buddha".[4] The term is mirrored in various Indo-European languages with a common root/stem: *bheud- and meanings: to be awakened.
Buddhavamsa named 25 Buddhas including Gautama in section three until twenty seven, while the twenty eight section lists three Buddhas who lived before the time of Dipankara Buddha.[5]
List of the named Buddhas
The seven most recent Buddhas to attain enlightment are the following:[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 John Marshall (1918), A Guide to Sanchi, pp. 46ff (Public Domain text)
- ↑ "The Meaning of the Word Buddha". Parami. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ Fayun, 翻譯名義集,Song dynasty
- ↑ Turner, Sir Ralph Lilley. "buddha 9276; 1962–1985". A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. London: Oxford University Press. p. 525. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ "History of the Buddhas". Buddha Dharma Education Association. Retrieved 8 December 2015.