[Buddha-l] 'Sons of Brahma, sons of Buddha?'

[curt]

I would just add that it's very much like the
English world "Lord" or the Spanish word
"Senor" - both of which are perfectly normal
terms of address for highly regarded human
beings, but are also used to address Deities.
- Curt

Richard P. Hayes wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 11:12 -0600, jkirk wrote:
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>>Now that this term "bhagavat" appears, I'd like to ask how it could be used
>>as an epithet of the Buddha, since bhagwaan (from which I assume it's
>>derived) usually is glossed as "god" or "deity." Or is this wrong? Are there
>>several glosses for bhagavat?
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>Bhagavant is usually said to be derived from "bhaga" plus the possessive
>suffix "vant". "Bhaga" means good fortune, wealth, prosperity, beauty,
>glory, happiness and so forth. It can be applied to any human being or
>deity who is blessed with, well, blessings. Bhagwan Rajneesh, for
>example.
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