Various Titles used for introduction of The Buddha – Part 1

There are different names or Titles used for addressing the Blessed one, 50 such names used in addressing The Buddha are listed below, remainder will be listed in Part 2 :

1. Buddho (බුද්ධෝ) – Known as Buddha due to the complete understanding of Four Noble Truths,

2. Dasabalo (දසබලො) – Having ten wisdom powers (dasabala),

3. Sattha (සත්ථා) – Teacher to all humans, celestial beings and Brahmins,

4. Sabbannu (සබ්බඤ්ඤු) – Completely understanding worldly and non-worldly phenomena,

5. Deepaduttama (දීපදූත්තම) - Superior to all beings waking by two feet,

6. Muniddaro (මුනිද්රො) – Superior to all Arahants (muni) who are free from all defilements,

7. Bhagava (භගවා) – Possessing all prosperous features of Lordship, Doctrine, Fame, Glory, etc,

8. Nartho (නාථො) – Having helped all the beings with limitless compassion,

9. Chakkuma (චක්ඛුමා) – Seeing the truth of the world,

10. Angiraso (අංගීරසො) – Spreading rays of seven colours from blessed one body,

11. Muni (මුනී) - Destroyed all defilements arise due to speech, body and mind,

12. Lokanartho (ලෝකනාථො) – Having helped all beings in sense sphere/ forms sphere/formless sphere (kama/rupa/arupa) planes,

13. Anadhiwaro (අනධිවරෝ) – Comprehending all things to be comprehended,

14. Mahesi (මහෙසී) – Superior to all Jhana gained ascetics,

15. Vinayaka (විනායක) – Having great discipline (vinaya),

16. Samanthachakku (සමන්තාචක්ඛු) – Realizing all the details of world/ universe without anything yet to be realized,

17.  Sugatho (සුගතෝ) – Having attained blissful Nibbana,

18. Bhuripanna (භූරිපඤ්ඤ) – Having ability to see and comprehend things which cannot be seen by human naked eye,

19. Maraji (මාරජි) – Defeated all Mara (defilements/kilesa) dhammas,

20. Narasiha (නරසීහ) – Greatest among all humans,

21. Narawaro (නරවරෝ) – Greatest among all humans and no comparison to the blessed one among humans,

22. Dhammaraja (ධම්මරාජා) – King to all kinds of virtues,

23. Devadevo (දෙවදෙවො) – Having helped all celestial beings (deva),

24. Lokaguru (ලෝකගුරු) – Having received honor and respect from all beings,

25. Dhammassami (ධම්මස්සාමි) – Greatest to all the wholesome virtues,

26. Thathagata (තථාගත) – Attained Nibbana by stopping the life flux (sansara),

27. Sayambhu (සයම්භූ) – Self realizing all the dhammas to realized,

28. Samma sambuddha (සම්මා සම්බුද්ධ) – Realizing the five Neyya Mandala dhammas,

29. Warapanna (වරපඤ්ඤ) – Incomparable in wisdom and knowledge,

30. Anantajina (අන්නජිත) – Succeeding all things to be succeed,

31. Asamo (අසමෝ) – Incomparable to any beings, 

32. Asa samo (අස සමෝ) - Can be compared only to another Buddha,

33. Appatimo (අප්පටිමෝ) – Impossible to sculpture a statue comprising all characteristic features,

34. Appatibhago (අප්පටිභාගෝ) – Nobody to deny or say otherwise to doctrine preached by the Buddha,

35. Appatipuggalo (අප්පටි පුද්ගලෝ) - Nobody to utter “you are not Buddha and i am the Buddha”,

36. Setto (සෙට්ඨො) – Supreme to all the beings in world,

37.  Jetto (ජෙට්ඨො) – Senior to all the beings in world,

38. Sathyapungawa (සත්යපුංගව) – Brightening the Shakkya lineage,

39. Mayadevsubha (මායාදෙවිසුභ) – Son of the queen Maha Maya,

40. Samantabaddha (සමන්තභද්ද) – Doing good in every way,

41. Narasabha (නරාසභ) – Born among humans and became superior among humans,

42. Lokajina (ලෝකජින) – Having conquered all the worlds,

43. Lokaji (ලෝකජි) – Having no other world to conquer,

44. Purisadhamma sarathi (පුරිසධම්මසාරති) – Skilled in taming beings,

45. Dhammassaro (ධම්මස්සරෝ) – Supreme to all the Dhammas preached,

46. Achchejakajja wachano (අච්චෙජකධජ්ජ වචනො) – Having words which cannot be denied,

47. Sattavahaka (සත්ථ වාහක) – Showing the path to countless beings to attain Nibbana (ending life flux),

48. Vishudhideva (විශුද්ධිදෙව) – Free from all defilements,

49. Samanissara (සමණීස්සර) – Leader to all bhikkus (monks),

50. Janeysutha (ජනෙසුත) – Parent to all the beings,

May all beings be well & happy and attain the fruit of Nibbana.

Suranda Weediyage

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