- 一阐提
- (一闡提迦) (sa) icchantika. Also 一顚迦, 阿闡底迦 One without desire for Buddha enlightenment; an unbeliever; shameless, an enemy of the good; full of desires; 斷善根者 one who has cut off his roots of goodness; it is applied also to a (sa) bodhisattva who has made a vow not to become a Buddha until all beings are saved. This is called 大悲闡提 the (sa) icchantika of great mercy.
Chinese Buddhist terms dictionary (Chinese-English). William Edward Soothil and Lewis Hodous. 2006.