catvāri puruṣayugāni

Also known as catuḥpuruṣa yuga
Tibetan: གང་ཟག་ཡ་བརྒྱད་ ༼སྐྱེས་བུ་ཟུང་བཞི་༽
Wylie: gang zag ya brgyad (skyes bu zung bzhi)
Phonetics: gang zag ya gye (kye u zung zhi)
English: The Eight Kinds of Superior Beings
Definition: Four pairs of superior beings: 1. & 2. The pair which enters and becomes established in the stream to nirvana (rgyun zhugs kyi ‘bras bu la zhug gnas gnyis) 3. & 4. The pair which enters and becomes established in a single rebirth (lan cig phyir ‘ong ba la zhugs gnas gnyis) 5. & 6. The pair which enters and becomes estabished in not returning to samsara (phyir mi ‘ong ba la zhugs gnas gnyis) 7. & 8. The pair which enters and becomes established as arhats (dgra bcom pa la zhugs gnas gnyis) These can be summarized into the four: 1. Stream-enterer (Skt. śrotāpanna Tib. rgyun zhugs) 2. Once-returner (Skt. sakṛdāgāmin Tib. lan cig phyir ‘ong ba) 3. Non-returner (Skt. anāgāmin Tib.phyir mi ‘ong) 4. Arhat (Skt. Tib.dgra bcom pa)
Spanish: Ocho tipos de seres superiores