Lokanātha
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Lokanātha (T. འཇིག་རྟེན་མགོན་པོ་). Translated as "Lord of the World," "Protector of the world," "the World Honored One," etc.[1]
A common epithet of Buddha Shakyamuni. Also used an epithet of Avalokiteshvara and other beings.[1]
- Etymology
- loka means "world" or "universe"
- nātha can mean both “lord” or “master,” as well as “benefactor” or “protector” or even “source of refuge,” as the term derives from the verb nāth, which means “to seek aid” as well as “to have power.”[1]
- Synonym
- Lokeśvara (T. འཇིག་རྟེན་དབང་), "Lord of the World"
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
འཇིག་རྟེན་མགོན་པོ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
