Anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi

anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi (T. bla na med pa yang dag par rdzogs pa’i byang chub; C. wushang zhengdeng jue/anouduoluo sanmiao sanputi; J. mujōshōtōgaku/anokutara-sanmyaku-sanbodai; K. musang chŏngdŭng kak/anyoktara sammyak sambori 無上正等覺/阿耨多羅三藐三菩提). In Sanskrit, “unsurpassed (anuttara), complete (samyak), and perfect enlightenment (saṃbodhi)”; the enlightenment (bodhi) of a buddha, superior to all other forms of enlightenment.

This term is used to distinguish the enlightenment of a buddha from other types of enlightenment, i.e. that an arhat, or pratyekabuddha.

See:

• three types of bodhi