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icchantika en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit इच्छन्तिक (icchantika).

Meanings

  1. A non-Buddhist person who lacks Buddha-nature, and is therefore incapable of achieving nirvana.

Forms

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icchantikas Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

reprobate · abomination

Translations (5)

sa इच्छन्तिक (person incapable of achieving nirvana) · ko 일천제 (person incapable of achieving nirvana) · ja 一闡提 (person incapable of achieving nirvana) · cmn 一闡提 /一阐提 (person incapable of achieving nirvana) · bo འདོད་ཆེན (person incapable of achieving nirvana)