Pratyeka

American  

[pruht-yey-kuh] / prʌtˈyeɪ kə /

noun

1. (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.

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Etymology

Origin of Pratyeka

Shortening of Sanskrit pratyekabuddha, equivalent to pratyeka alone, by oneself + buddha Buddha

Example Sentences

There is a monastery, containing perhaps 600 or 700 monks, in which there is a place where a Pratyeka Buddha used to take his food.

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian, ca. 337-422

At this place there are as many as a thousand topes of Arhans and Pratyeka Buddhas.

From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir

Pratyeka Buddhas are those Bodhisattvas who strive after and often reach the Dharmakaya robe after a series of lives.

From H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal by Cleather, Alice Leighton

Mrs. Besant's partiality for the Pratyeka Buddha, however, may possibly be explained by some words that H. P. B. once wrote of her to Mr. Judge:—"She is not psychic or spiritual in the least—all intellect."

From H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal by Cleather, Alice Leighton

The Pratyeka Buddha heard their words, and immediately attained to nirvana; and hence this place was named "The Park of the rishi's Deer-wild."

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian, ca. 337-422