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Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi

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Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (Pali): Sanskrit word meaning 'unexcelled complete Enlightenment,' which is an attribute of every Buddha. Supreme perfect Enlightenment. It is the highest, correct, and complete or universal Knowledge or awareness, [[the perfect Wisdom of a Buddha.

anuttara-samyak-saṁbodhi (阿耨多羅三藐三菩提). The unsurpassed, equally perfect enlightenment (無上正等正覺). Anuttara means unsurpassed; samyak is derived from the stem samyañc, which means same or identical; saṁbodhi means perfect enlightenment. Equally means that the perfect enlightenment of all Buddhas is the same. The third epithet of a Buddha is Samyak-Saṁbuddha, the Equally, Perfectly Enlightened One.

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