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
BA, Tripitakachariya, Dip in Pali/ Buddhism (Pali & Buddhist University of Sri Lanka), HNDBF,
surandalk@gmail.com
http://www.thebuddhadhamma.wordpress.com
