གཙུག་ཏོར་ཅན། | Glossary of Terms

One of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni in this Fortunate Eon.

A name common to thirty buddhas in the past. See also UT22084-001-006-5316.

In early Buddhism the second of seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh. The first three buddhas‍—Vipaśyin, Śikhin, and Viśvabhuk‍—appeared in a kalpa earlier than our Bhadra kalpa, and therefore Śākyamuni is more commonly referred to as the fourth buddha. Also translated elsewhere as gtsug ldan; the Mahāvyutpatti also translates as gtsug tor can.

A buddha in the past.

A buddha.

The second of the seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh. The Tibetan translation could also be read as “one with a crown protuberance.”

One of the tathāgatas. The second of the seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh. Identified in other texts as the penultimate buddha to appear in the eon that preceded the present one.

“Crown Ornament Holder.”

One of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni in this Fortunate Eon.

The second of the “seven previous buddhas.”

The second of the seven tathāgatas/buddhas. Identified in other texts as the penultimate buddha to appear in the eon that preceded the present one.

A previous buddha.

A buddha from a previous eon.

The second of the seven buddhas of the past.

One of the tathāgatas attending the delivery of the MMK; one of the eight tathāgatas

Second of the seven buddhas of the past.

In early Buddhism, the second of the seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh. The first three buddhas‍—Vipaśyin, Śikhin, and Viśvabhu‍—are in an earlier eon than the Bhadraka eon, and therefore Śākyamuni is more commonly referred to as the fourth buddha.

In early Buddhism, the second of the seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh. The first three buddhas‍—Vipaśyin, Śikhin, and Viśvabhu‍—are in an earlier eon than the Bhadraka eon, and therefore Śākyamuni is more commonly referred to as the fourth buddha.