Bhagavant (adj. n.) [cp. Vedic bhagavant, fr. bhaga] fortunate, illustrious, sublime, as Ep. and title "Lord." Thus applied to the Buddha (amhākaŋ Bh.) and his predecessors. Occurs with extreme frequency; of fanciful exegetic explns of the term & its meaning we mention e. g. those at Nd1 142=Nd2 466; Vism 210 sq.; DAi.33 sq. Usual trs. Blessed One, Exalted One.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

Bhagavant([bhaga幸]+[vant有]): 1. a. 有幸2. m. 有幸者(古譯:世尊; 音譯: 薄伽梵)

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