List of Buddhas

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The 29 Buddhas

In the Pali Canon , the history of the Buddhas before Siddharta Gautama is recorded in the Buddhavamsa. These Buddhas also play a role in Jainism . The names are given in pali , alternative spellings in brackets.

  1. Taṇhaṅkara
  2. Medhaṅkara
  3. Saraṇaṅkara
  4. Dīpaṃkara
  5. Kondañña (Kaundinya)
  6. Mangala
  7. Sumana
  8. Revata (Raivata)
  9. Sobhita
  10. Anomadassi (Anavamadarsin)
  11. Paduma (padma)
  12. Narada
  13. Padumuttara (Padmottara)
  14. Sumadha (Sumedha)
  15. Sujata
  16. Piyadassi (Priyadarsin)
  17. Atthadassi (Arthadarsin)
  18. Dhammadassī (Dharmadarsin)
  19. Siddhattha
  20. Tissa (Tishya)
  21. Phussa (Pushya)
  22. Vipassī (Vipasyin)
  23. Sikhī (Sikhin)
  24. Vessabhū (Visvabhu)
  25. Kakusanda (Krakucchanda)
  26. Konāgammana (Kanakamuni)
  27. Kassapa (Kasyapa)
  28. ( Gotama )
  29. Maitreya

Other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

Buddhas in Vajrayana Buddhism

transcendent Buddhas
(Adibuddhas / Dhyanibuddhas) 		Bodhisattvas Manushibuddhas Shaktis
Vairocana Samantabhadra Krakucchanda Vajradhatishvari
Akshobhya Vajrapani Kanakamuni Locana
Ratnasambhava Ratnapani Kasyapa Mamaki
Amitabha Avalokiteshvara Shakyamuni Pandara
Amoghasiddhi Vishvapani Maitreya Tare

supporting documents

  1. ^ Robert Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Eds.): Buddhavamsa. In: Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ 2013, ISBN 978-0-691-15786-3 , p. 156.
  2. ^ R. Morris (Ed.): XXVII: List of the Buddhas. The Buddhavamsa. Pali Text Society, London 1882. ( Digitized version ( Memento from February 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ))
  3. ↑ IB Horner (Ed.): The minor anthologies of the Pali canon. Volume III: Buddhavaṁsa (Chronicle of Buddhas) and Cariyāpiṭaka (Basket of Conduct). Pali Text Society, London 1975, ISBN 0-86013-072-X .

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