【英汉对照佛学词典】

究竟


(1) Unsurpassed, final, extreme, best, ideal (atyanta). (2) Utmost, limit, extremity (nistha^). (3) To completely exhaust. Arrive. Reach, attain. To master (a topic). Especially, to arrive to the highest position of bodhisattvahood, or thorough enlightenment (nistha^-gamana). (4) To thoroughly realize or comprehend. (5) To truly make manifest (sama^pana). (6) Final goal. Becoming a Buddha (especially in Tiantai or Hua-yen).