Amitaprabha: 6 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Wisdom Library: Ma帽ju艣r墨n膩masa峁僩墨tiAmitaprabha (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶啶班き) is one of the sixteen bodhisattvas appearing in the 痴补箩谤补诲丑腻迟耻-尘补丑腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补, according to the N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 v5.38-41. The N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 (literally, 鈥榓n explanation of the 苍腻尘补-尘补苍迟谤补蝉鈥�) is a commentary (峁玨腻) on the 8th century Ma帽ju艣r墨n膩masa峁僩墨ti.
Amitaprabha is a name of Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the embodiement of non-dual knowledge) and, together with other names, forms the core essence of the Ma帽ju艣r墨n膩masa峁僩墨ti. The N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 provides the practitioner a 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 (鈥榤editative practice鈥�) to turn these names into mantras. These mantras are chanted for the benefit of all beings, and then placed and contemplated in the 痴补箩谤补诲丑腻迟耻-尘补丑腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补, which is an extended version of the Vajradh膩tu-ma峁囜笉ala.
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyAmitaprabha (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶啶班き) (鈥渂oundless light鈥�) is the name of a Bodhisattva commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Ni峁annayog膩val墨 of Mah膩pa峁囜笉ita Abhay膩kara.鈥攈is color is white or red; his symbol is the jar. Amitaprabha is also known as Am峁泃aprabha. It appears that Amitaprabha should belong to the family of Vairocana because of his white colour. His spiritual father will be Amitabha when he is red in colour.
Amitaprabha is described in the Ni峁annayog膩val墨 as follows:鈥�
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)(1: Ma帽juvajra-ma峁囜笉ala):鈥斺�淎mitaprabha is of red colour and holds in his two hands the jar required in the bath of initiation鈥�. (2: Dharmadhat奴v膩g墨艣vara-ma峁囜笉ala):鈥斺�淎mitaprabha is of white colour. With the right hand he holds the double lotus and with the left hand a jar on lotus鈥�.
Amitaprabha (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶啶班き) refers to one of the sixteen Bodhisattvas, according to the N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 and Abhay膩karagupta鈥檚 forty-three deity Ma帽juvajra-ma峁囜笉ala (Tricatv膩ri峁兣沘d膩tmakama帽juvajra-ma峁囜笉ala: see Ni峁annayog膩val墨 50).鈥擜 set of sixteen Bodhisattvas often supplements the deities of the Tattvasa峁僩raha in later Vajradh膩tu-ma峁囜笉ala descriptions. These are generally the sixteen Bodhisattvas of the present aeon (bhadrakalpa) [e.g., Amitaprabha], as described for example in Abhay膩karagupta鈥檚 Ni峁annayog膩val墨 Vajradh膩tu-ma峁囜笉ala.鈥擟f. also Ni峁annayog膩val墨 44ff and Abhay膩karagupta鈥檚 Durgatipari艣odhana-ma峁囜笉ala (Cf. Ni峁annayog膩val墨 66ff).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAmitaprabha (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶啶班き).鈥�(1) another name for Amit膩bha: 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补 50.6 (verse); 53.15 (verse); 62.13鈥�14 (prose), here one of three names for the same personage, Amit膩bham Amita- prabham Amit膩yu峁峁� (tath膩gatam etc.); (2) name of a different (future) Buddha: 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补 70.6.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumAmitaprabha (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶啶班き) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擸oga艣atabh膩峁a med. Io. 2357. Np. Ix, 64.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmitaprabha (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶啶班き):鈥擺=a-mita-prabha] [from a-mita] m. (= 补尘颈迟腻bha), [Sukh膩vat墨-vy奴ha ii]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Prabha, Amita.
Starts with: Amitaprabhasa, Amitaprabhava.
Full-text: Bodhisattva, Yogashata, Amitabha, Amritaprabha, Yogashataka.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Yoga艣ataka of Pandita Vararuci < [Volume 36 (issue 2), Oct-Dec 2016]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
21a. Works and Authors mentioned in Candrata鈥檚 Yogaratna-Samuccaya < [Volume 1 (1945)]
20. A Lost Medical Treatise by Kharanada (or Kharanadi) < [Volume 1 (1945)]
Index (of first volume) < [Volume 1 (1945)]
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Sanskrit Ayurvedic Manuscripts in the British Isles < [Volume 1 (1990)]
Ayurvedic manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere collection, Oxford < [Volume 1 (1990)]
The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 4: War between K峁涐梗峁嘺 and Jar膩sandha < [Chapter VII - Marriages of 艢膩mba and Pradyumna]