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Definition[1]

The thousand Buddhas of each of the three kalpas — of the past, called 莊嚴 kalpa, the present , and the future 星宿. Their names are variously given in several sutra, with a complete list in the 三手佛名經.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

指三世各一千佛。即於世界成住壞空之反覆中,過去世莊嚴劫、現在世賢劫、未來世星宿劫各出現一千佛,合計三世三千佛。〔三千佛名經、觀藥王藥上經〕(參閱「三千佛」523)

Source
佛光電子大辭典
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p538
Definition[3]
(術語)過去世莊嚴劫之一千佛,現在世賢劫之一千佛,未來星宿劫之一千佛,合成三千佛也。此中賢劫即現在劫之千佛出世時代,經論之所論,出沒隱顯不一定。佛祖統記三十記諸經論之勘考。藥王經於三劫千佛各舉首尾之佛名。三千佛名經具列其名。賢愚經出賢劫千佛之名。但明藏之佛名經,與藥王經首尾佛名同,麓藏之佛名經,僅賢劫千佛之首尾與前二經同,他二劫不同也。秘藏記末謂本來無量無數差別智身之功德莊嚴藏為過去千佛,最初起普賢行者為賢劫千佛,又說身有無量無數之如來如法修行煩惱雲散,本有如來出現之未來千佛。賢劫千佛。【參見: 賢劫】
Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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