pratyekabudDa
pratyeka-buddha , m. (= Pali pacceka-; also °kakhaḍgin, -jina , and pratyaya-bu° , see pratyaya 3), a Buddha for himself alone , who has won enlightenment but lives in solitude and does not reveal his knowledge to the world; in Mahāyāna-texts often mentioned with śrāvakas (followers of Hīnayāna) and bodhisattvas (Mahāyānists), between the two: when there is no Buddha in the world, Pra° Buddhas arise, Mv i.301.3 ; iii.27.1 ; Divy 132.20 ff. ; exceptionally, future Pra° Buddhas are predicted by name, Av i.99.17 ; 167.1 ; stories involving them are numerous, e.g. Mv i.301.5 ff. (loosely called saṃbuddha 303.12 ; 304.5, 11 , in vss ); Divy 70.3 ; 73.17 ; pratyekabuddhayānam Mvy 1251 ; SP 80.10 , or simply pratyeka-yāna SP 10.4 ; a (corrupt and obscure) list of names of pra° bu°, described Mmk 13.4 ff. , listed 13.11 ff. (not included in this Dict. ).