Primordial Buddhas
according to Mahāyana sources



When using the word "Buddha" we generally mean Śākyamuni Buddha, however the number of past and future Buddhas is, in principle, infinite.
Sources of the various traditions cite different names and numbers of Primordial Buddhas. (see Theravāda list)

The Mahāyana Lalitavistara Sūtra refers to "hundreds of thousands of niyutas of koţis of Buddhas" - an incredibly large number. Among these countless Buddhas the Lalitavistara Sūtra gives us the Sanskrit names of the 54 following Buddhas.




Buddha Padmottara (s)

Buddha Dharmaketu (s)

Buddha Dīpamkara (s)

Buddha Guṇaketu (s)

Buddha Mahākara (s)

Buddha Ṛṣideva (s)

Buddha Śītejas (s)

Buddha Satyeketu (s)

Buddha Vajrasamhata (s)

Buddha Sarvāvibhū (s)

Buddha Hemavarṇa (s)

Buddha Atyucchagāmi (s)

Buddha Prāvahasāgara (s)

Buddha Puṣpaketu (s)

Buddha Vararūpa (s)

Buddha Sulochana (s)

Buddha Ṛṣigupta (s)

Buddha Jinavaktra (s)

Buddha Unnata (s)

Buddha Puṣpita (s)

Buddha Ūrṇitejas (s)

Buddha Pushkara (s)

Buddha Suraśmi (s)

Buddha Mangala (s)

Buddha Sudarśaṇa (s)

Buddha Mahāsimhatejas (s)

Buddha Sthitabuddhidatta (s)

Buddha Vasantagandhin (s)

Buddha Satyadharmavipulakīrti (s)

Buddha Tiṣya (s)

Buddha Puṣya (s)

Buddha Lokasundara (s)

Buddha Vistrīrṇabheda (s)

Buddha Ratnakīrti (s)

Buddha Ugratejas (s)

Buddha Brahmatejas (s)

Buddha Sughoṣa (s)

Buddha Supuṣa (s)

Buddha Sumanojñaghoṣa (s)

Buddha Suceṣţarūpa (s)

Buddha Prahasitanetra (s)

Buddha Guṇarāśi (s)

Buddha Meghasvara (s)

Buddha Sundaravarṇa (s)

Buddha Jivavaktra (s)

Buddha Āyustejas (s)

Buddha Salīlagajagāmin (s)

Buddha Lokābhilāśita (s)

Buddha Jitaśatru (s)

Buddha Saṃpūjita (s)

Buddha Vipaśyi (s)

Buddha Śikhin (s)

Buddha Viśvabhū (s)

Buddha Krakucchanda (s)

Buddha Kanakamuni (s)

Buddha Kāśyapa (s)





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