AN 8.85

Samaṇasutta

“‘Samaṇo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Brāhmaṇo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vedagū’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Bhisakko’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Nimmalo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vimalo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Ñāṇī’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vimutto’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassāti.

Terms for the Realized One

“‘Ascetic’ is a term for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. ‘Brahmin’, ‘Knowledge Master’, ‘Healer’, ‘Unstained’, ‘Immaculate’, ‘Knower’, and ‘Freed’ are terms for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.

Yaṁ samaṇena pattabbaṁ, brāhmaṇena vusīmatā; Yaṁ vedagunā pattabbaṁ, bhisakkena anuttaraṁ.

The supreme should be attained by an ascetic, a brahmin who has lived the life; it should be attained by a knowledge master, a healer.

Yaṁ nimmalena pattabbaṁ, vimalena sucīmatā; Yaṁ ñāṇinā ca pattabbaṁ, vimuttena anuttaraṁ.

The supreme should be attained by the unstained, stainless and pure; it should be attained by a knower, who is free.

Sohaṁ vijitasaṅgāmo, mutto mocemi bandhanā; Nāgomhi paramadanto, asekho parinibbuto”ti.

I am victorious in battle! Released, I release others from their chains. I am a giant completely tamed, an adept, I am quenched.”