Samyaksambuddha, Samyaksaṃbuddha, Samyanc-sambuddha: 7 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraSamyaksaṃbuddha (सम्यक्संबुद्ध) is a synonym for the Buddha according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter IV).
Why is he called A lo ho (Samyaksaṃbuddha)?
1) Samyak means perfectly, sam means fully, and budh means understanding. The expression thus means “He who understands all dharmas perfectly and completely”.
2) Furthermore, he knows that all the dharmas are truly unchangeable (abhedya), without increase or decrease. Why are they unchangeable? When the functioning of the mind (cittapravṛtti) is stopped (sthita) and destroyed (niruddha), when the path of speech (abhilāpamārga) is cut, he understands that dharmas are motionless (acala), like nirvāṇa itself. This is why he is called Samyaksaṃbuddha.
3) Finally, the languages (adhivacana) of all the universes (lokadhātu), the ten directions (daśadiś), the languages of beings (sattva) in the six destinies (gati), the history of previous lives of beings and their birthplaces in future generations, the natures of the mind (citta-lakṣaṇa) of all beings in the ten directions, their fetters (saṃyojana), their roots of good (kuśalamūla) and their outcome (niḥsaraṇa): all the dharmas of this kind he knows in detail. This is why he is called Samyaksaṃbuddha
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSamyaksaṃbuddha (सम्यक्संबुद्ध) refers to the “perfectly awakened one”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, son of good family, is the recollection of the dharma (dharmānusmṛti), which is authorized by the Lord for the sake of the Bodhisattvas? [...] The Bodhisattva, knowing that all dharmas are not originated because of their intrinsic nature, attains the tolerance that all things are unborn. This state of being is the true dharma. [...] He who understands thus understands all dharmas, since it is the way in which the people on the path of training or on the path beyond training, the isolated Buddhas (Pratyekabuddha), the Bodhisattvas, and the perfectly awakened one (samyaksaṃbuddha) understand all dharmas. Such concentration is the liberation of all the holy, and in that there is no involvement with any dharma. The absence of involvement with any dharma is the recollection of the dharma, which is authorized by the Lord”.
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureSaṃyaksaṃbuddha (संयक्संबुद्ध) refers to the “perfectly awakened ones”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [After the Vajrapāṇi asked the Bhagavān for instructions for protection of crops]: “Then the Bhagavān addressed Vajrapāṇi, the Lord of the Guhyakas, ‘Vajrapāṇi, there is the dhāraṇī called the Nāga Assailing and Impeding Vajra, that is the seal of the heart of the Tathāgatas , uttered by former Tathāgatas, Arhats and Perfectly Awakened Ones (saṃyaksaṃbuddha). I will also utter it now. By this there will be a rapid guarding of all crops for the sake of warding off damage. [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: 84000: The Ten Bhūmis (Daśabhūmika)Samyaksambuddha (सम्यक्संबुद्ध) or Samyaksambuddhatva refers to “A perfect Buddha”—A Buddha who teaches the Dharma and brings it into a world, as opposed to a Pratyekabuddha, who does not teach the Dharma or bring it into a world.—Samyaksaṃbuddha in Tibetan: ཡང་དག་པར་རྫོགས་པའི་སངས་རྒྱས། (yang dag par rdzogs pa’i sangs rgyas)
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySamyaksaṃbuddha (सम्यक्संबुद्ध).—m. (= Pali sammā-saṃ°), a perfectly enlightened one, a Buddha: passim, e.g. Mahāvyutpatti 5; Mahāvastu i.80.4; 96.9, 12; Senart, i note 404, alleges that this stem is used for samyaksaṃbodhi; most of his instances are dubious or false (e.g. his two Saddharmapuṇḍarīka citations are read °buddhatvaṃ, not °buddhaṃ, in KN); but in Mahāvastu ii.311.8 the mss. are cited as reading °buddhāye (dat., = °bodhaye; prose).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySamyaksambuddha (सम्यक्सम्बुद्ध):—[=samyak-sambuddha] [from samyak > samy-añc] mfn. one who has attained to complete enlightenment (said of the Buddha), [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Samyanc, Sambuddha.
Starts with: Samyaksambuddhatva.
Full-text: Samyaksambuddhatva, Buddha, Ten Buddha Titles, Abhilapamarga, Niruddha, Sthita, Pravritti, Cittapravritti, Cittalakshana, Adhivacana, Anagatajanma, Utpadasthana, Sambuddha, Sarvarthasiddha, Nidana, Purvajanman, Anagata, Acala, Adi, Agra.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 4 - Why is the Buddha called Samyaksaṃbuddha < [Chapter IV - Explanation of the Word Bhagavat]
I. Recollection of the Buddha (1): The ten names (adhivacana) < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]
IV. True omniscience belongs to the Buddha < [VII. Winning omniscience and the knowledge of all the aspects]
Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
History and Temples < [Chapter 6]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Robert A. F. Thurman)
Saptakoṭibuddhamātṛ Cundī Dhāraṇī Sūtra
Vimalakirti Sutra (by Burton Watson)