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In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Ādi-Buddha (Tibetan: དང་པོའི་སངས་རྒྱས།, Wylie: dang po'i sangs rgyas, THL: Dangpö Sanggyé) is the "First Buddha" or the "Primordial Buddha".[1] Another common term for this figure is Dharmakāya Buddha.[2]
The term emerges in tantric Buddhist literature, most prominently in the Kalachakra.[3] "Ādi" means "first", such that the Ādibuddha was the first to attain Buddhahood.[3] "Ādi" can also mean "primordial", not referring to a person but to an innate wisdom that is present in all sentient beings.[3]