pratyeka-buddha (10306)

pratyeka-buddha
Entry 10306, Page 379, Col. 1

(pratyekabudDa, pratyeka-budDa)
pratyeka-buddha¦, m. (= Pali pacceka-; also °ka- khaḍgin, -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; pratyekabuddha- yānam 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.).